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LRI4612627: Pope Sixtus IV (1414-1484) appointing Bartolomeo Sacchi (or Bartolome Platina, in platinum), kneels before him, Curator of the Vatican Bibliotheque (Apostolic Bibliotheque) in 1475. Right behind Sacchi is Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere (then Pope Julius II) and Prothonotary Apostolic Raffaele Sansoni Riario della Rovere (1461-1521). Behind him, John (Giovanni) della Rovere (1457-1501) and Girolamo Riario (1433-1488) Fresco by Marco Melozzo Da Forli (Melozzo degli Ambrosi) (1438-1494), 1477. Dim. 370 x 315 cm. Pinacoteca of the Vatican., Forli, Melozzo da (1438-94) / Bridgeman Images