Piero della Francesca Details of St.Simon the apostle Painting ID:: 31725 new4/Piero della Francesca-359636.jpg
Details of St.Simon the apostle mk76
Painted between 1454 and 1469.
Tempera on panel
52 3/4x24 1/2in
Piero della Francesca Augustinian nun Painting ID:: 31727 new4/Piero della Francesca-695674.jpg
Augustinian nun mk76
Date unknown
Tempera on panel
15 1/4x11in
Piero della Francesca The Crucifixion Painting ID:: 31728 new4/Piero della Francesca-944352.jpg
The Crucifixion mk76
Date unknown
Tempera on panel
14 3/4x16 3/16in
Piero della Francesca The Death of Adam, detail of Adam and his Children Painting ID:: 32439 new4/Piero della Francesca-554949.jpg
The Death of Adam, detail of Adam and his Children c. 1452
Fresco, 390 x 747 cm
Piero della Francesca Polyptych of St Anthony Painting ID:: 32441 new4/Piero della Francesca-346643.jpg
Polyptych of St Anthony 1460-70
Panel, 338 x 230 cm
Piero della Francesca The Penance of St. Jerome Painting ID:: 32446 new4/Piero della Francesca-845948.jpg
The Penance of St. Jerome 1450
Panel, 51 x 38 cm
Piero della Francesca St. Julian Painting ID:: 32447 new4/Piero della Francesca-672549.jpg
St. Julian 1455-60
Fresco, 130 x 105 cm
Piero della Francesca Head of an Angel Painting ID:: 32460 new4/Piero della Francesca-845746.jpg
Head of an Angel 1452
Fresco, 55 cm
Piero della Francesca Head of an Angel Painting ID:: 32461 new4/Piero della Francesca-896599.jpg
Head of an Angel 1460
Fresco, 70 cm
Piero della Francesca Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes Painting ID:: 32462 new4/Piero della Francesca-673975.jpg
Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes c. 1460
Fresco, 329 x 747 cm
Piero della Francesca Battle between Constantine and Maxentius Painting ID:: 32463 new4/Piero della Francesca-957429.jpg
Battle between Constantine and Maxentius c. 1458
Fresco, 322 x 764 cm
Piero della Francesca Burial of the Wood Painting ID:: 32464 new4/Piero della Francesca-324252.jpg
Burial of the Wood c. 1455
Fresco, 356 x 190 cm
Piero della Francesca Exaltation of the Cross Painting ID:: 32465 new4/Piero della Francesca-694737.jpg
Exaltation of the Cross c. 1466
Fresco, 390 x 747 cm
Piero della Francesca Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta Painting ID:: 32468 new4/Piero della Francesca-769259.jpg
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta 1451
Oil and tempera on panel, 44 x 34 cm
Piero della Francesca Madonna and Child with Saints Painting ID:: 32469 new4/Piero della Francesca-373682.jpg
Madonna and Child with Saints 1472-74
Oil on panel, 248 x 170 cm
Piero della Francesca Discovery and Proof of the True Cross Painting ID:: 32470 new4/Piero della Francesca-758537.jpg
Discovery and Proof of the True Cross c. 1460
Fresco, 356 x 747 cm
Piero della Francesca Madonna of Senigallia Painting ID:: 32471 new4/Piero della Francesca-432527.jpg
Madonna of Senigallia early 1470s,
Panel, 61 x 53,5 cm
Piero della Francesca Portrait of Battista Sforza Painting ID:: 32472 new4/Piero della Francesca-755342.jpg
Portrait of Battista Sforza 1465-66
Panel, 47 x 33 cm
Piero della Francesca Adoration of the Holy Wood and the Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba Painting ID:: 32473 new4/Piero della Francesca-952686.jpg
Adoration of the Holy Wood and the Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba c. 1452
Fresco, 336 x 747 cm
Piero della Francesca Torture of the Jew Painting ID:: 32475 new4/Piero della Francesca-494336.jpg
Torture of the Jew c. 1455
Fresco, 356 x 193 cm
Piero della Francesca Federico di Montefeltro Painting ID:: 33245 new9/Piero della Francesca-232422.jpg
Federico di Montefeltro mk83
c.1465
Piero della Francesca The Dream of Constantine Painting ID:: 33262 new9/Piero della Francesca-649723.jpg
The Dream of Constantine mk83
Fresco
329x190cm
Piero della Francesca Discovery and Proof of the True Cross Painting ID:: 33263 new9/Piero della Francesca-759979.jpg
Discovery and Proof of the True Cross mk83
Fresco
356x747cm
Piero della Francesca Mary Magdalene Painting ID:: 33265 new9/Piero della Francesca-486777.jpg
Mary Magdalene mk83
c.1468
Fresco
190x180cm
Piero della Francesca The Resurrection of Christ Painting ID:: 33266 new9/Piero della Francesca-569337.jpg
The Resurrection of Christ mk83
c.1458
Piero della Francesca Madonna del Parto Painting ID:: 33267 new9/Piero della Francesca-442676.jpg
Madonna del Parto mk83
c.1455
Piero della Francesca Senigallia Madonna Painting ID:: 33364 new9/Piero della Francesca-675443.jpg
Senigallia Madonna mk86
c.1460-1475
Tempera on wood
61x53.3cm
Urbino,Galleria Nazionale
Piero della Francesca The Baptism of Christ Painting ID:: 33381 new9/Piero della Francesca-748786.jpg
The Baptism of Christ mk86
c.1440-1450
Tempera on wood
168x116cm
London,National Gallery
Piero della Francesca Portrait of Federigo da Montefeltro Painting ID:: 33382 new9/Piero della Francesca-794838.jpg
Portrait of Federigo da Montefeltro mk86
Tempera on panel
47x33cm
Florence
Italian Early Renaissance Painter, ca.1422-1492 Italian painter and theorist. His work is the embodiment of rational, calm, monumental painting in the Italian Early Renaissance, an age in which art and science were indissolubly linked through the writings of Leon Battista Alberti. Born two generations before Leonardo da Vinci, Piero was similarly interested in the scientific application of the recently discovered rules of perspective to narrative or devotional painting, especially in fresco, of which he was an imaginative master; and although he was less universally creative than Leonardo and worked in an earlier idiom, he was equally keen to experiment with painting technique. Piero was as adept at resolving problems in Euclid, whose modern rediscovery is largely due to him, as he was at creating serene, memorable figures, whose gestures are as telling and spare as those in the frescoes of Giotto or Masaccio. His tactile, gravely convincing figures are also indebted to the sculpture of Donatello, an equally attentive observer of Classical antiquity. In his best works, such as the frescoes in the Bacci Chapel in S Francesco, Arezzo, there is an ideal balance between his serene, classical compositions and the figures that inhabit them, the whole depicted in a distinctive and economical language. In his autograph works Piero was a perfectionist, creating precise, logical and light-filled images (although analysis of their perspective schemes shows that these were always subordinated to narrative effect). However, he often delegated important passages of works (e.g. the Arezzo frescoes) to an ordinary, even incompetent, assistant.