Anabel Thomas investigates an unfinished commission for a fresco by Francesco di Bartolomeo Alfei in 1454, through extensive analysis of previously unpublished records, examining Alfei's relationships with Sienese society members, fellow artisans, and government officials.  Meer

Through a close study of local demographies and topographies, this study considers patterns of piety, charity and patronage, and by extension, the development of art and architecture in Siena's southern contado during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.  Meer