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Piero della Francesca

?–1492

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About

Why this artist matters now

Piero della Francesca was an Italian painter, mathematician and geometer of the Early Renaissance, nowadays chiefly appreciated for his art. His painting is characterized by its serene humanism, its use of geometric forms and perspective. His most famous work is the cycle of frescoes The History of the True Cross in the Basilica of San Francesco in the Tuscan town of Arezzo.

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Artworks (24)

The Nativity

1480 · oil paint

Madonna di Senigallia

1476 · tempera

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Four Angels

1475 · tempera

Brera Madonna

1472 · tempera

Diptych of Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza

Polyptych of the Misericordia

1460

Flagellation of Christ

1459 · tempera

Exaltation of the Cross

1458 · fresco

Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes

1458 · fresco

Madonna del Parto

1455 · fresco

Death and Burial of Adam

The History of the True Cross

1452

Portrait of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta

1450 · tempera

The Baptism of Christ

1448 · wood

Stories of the Virgin from Sant'Egidio

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24 published of 24 catalogued · 24 with image

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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

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Brera Madonna
1472 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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The Resurrection
1463 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Cupid
1452 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Virgin and Child Enthroned with Four Angels
1475 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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The Baptism of Christ
1448 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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The Queen of Sheba
1452 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Madonna di Senigallia
1476 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Flagellation of Christ
1459 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Diptych of Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza
1470 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Portrait of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta
1450 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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