Resurrection

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Resurrection
Resurrection
Room of Mysteries

One of Pinturicchio’s acknowledged masterpieces, this work, inspired by the iconographic models of Perugino, celebrates the Resurrection of Christ who, depicted within a mandorla of golden and radiating light, rises triumphantly over death above the tomb, by now uselessly guarded by three young figures in rich armour. Alexander VI is admirably portrayed as a witness to this divine apparition; he is depicted attired in his ornate golden cope, while the papal symbol of the triregnum remains on the ground; he kneels in a gesture of prayer, contemplating this unfathomable mystery.