Domenico Beccafumi (about 1507–1551), Tanaquil, probably about 1520–5. © The National Gallery, London (NG6368)

LONDON.-For the first time in Britain, a major exhibition will show Renaissance painting and sculpture in the artistic, cultural and political contexts of the volatile last century of the Sienese Republic.
'Renaissance Siena: Art for a City' will bring together around one hundred beautiful exhibits, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, manuscripts and ceramics. Major loans from private and public collections across Europe and America will be displayed alongside the exceptional Sienese paintings in the National Gallery's own collection several specially cleaned and restored for this show.
Covering a period from about 1460 to 1530, this exhibition will demonstrate the distinct qualities of Sienese painting, drawing and sculpture, adding up to a supremely elegant, expressive and visionary style of art formed during a period of fascinating power shifts within the city itself.  Lire la suitr http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=22100

Matteo di Giovanni, The Dream of St Jerome. © The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois. Mr and Mrs Martin A. Ryerson Collection (1933.1018).