Bernardino Pinturicchlo (Bernardino Bet-ti), an Italian painter, born in Perugia in 1454, died in Siena in 1513. He is generally said to have been a pupil of Perugino, though this is doubted by some on account of their nearly equal ages; they were at least intimately associated both in study and work. His earliest works appear to have been the decoration (with portraits, landscapes, and historical subjects) of the Belvedere at the Vatican and other palaces. From 1493 to 1496 he was employed by Pope Alexander VI. in similar paintings in the main portions of the Vatican; and later he painted one of his most important works, "The Discovery of the True Cross," in a chapel of the church of Ara Cceli. Perhaps the most- famous of all his works are ten frescoes in the cathedral of Siena (painted 1502-9), in all of which he is said to have been assisted by Raphael, but this is doubtful with regard to all but one or two. He painted portraits of celebrated contemporary personages, and several altarpieces.