The inauguration of the Vatican Library by Pope Sixtus IV: Platina (kneeling) is appointed librarian. Chromolithograph after Melozzo da Forli.

[London] : [Arundel Society]

1 print : chromolithograph ; image and border 61.6 x 55.5 cm

Templa domum expositis: vicos fora moenia pontes: / Virgineam trivil quod repararis aquam. / Prisca licet nautis statuas dare commoda portus: / Et Vaticanum cingere Sixte iugum: / Plus tamen urbs debet: nam quae squalore latebat: / Cermitur in celebri bibliotheca loco.

Wellcome Collection 38039i

The painting is part of the decoration of the Vatican palace, now in the Pinacoteca Vaticana