This section presents studies and bozzetti (oil sketches) made in the course of his entire brief life: The Meeting of Mary Magdalene and Jesus was a subject he approached starting in 1876 but never concluded; the plan for Sienese Women Working on the Fortifications of the City bears witness to

Pietro Aldi   1852    born in Manciano into a well-to-do family 1864    enrolled in the Istituto di Belle Arti in Siena, directed by Luigi Mussini, which he attended        for seven years, winning numerous awards in school competitions 1872    painted the Ancestors of the family of Baron Ricasoli at