Piero della Francesca sts andrew and bernardino of siena from the polyptych of the misericordia Painting ID:: 64866 new22/Piero della Francesca-235699.jpg
sts andrew and bernardino of siena from the polyptych of the misericordia sansepolcro, museo civico
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Piero della Francesca details from the baptism of christ Painting ID:: 64868 new22/Piero della Francesca-872763.jpg
details from the baptism of christ london, national gallery
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Piero della Francesca details from the baptism of chist Painting ID:: 64869 new22/Piero della Francesca-326643.jpg
details from the baptism of chist london national gallery
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Piero della Francesca details from the baptism of chist Painting ID:: 64870 new22/Piero della Francesca-838852.jpg
details from the baptism of chist london national gallery
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Piero della Francesca st sigismund detail from st sigismund and sigismondo Painting ID:: 64871 new22/Piero della Francesca-744295.jpg
st sigismund detail from st sigismund and sigismondo pandolfo malatesta. rimin, san francesco
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Piero della Francesca sigismondo malatesta, detail from st sigismund and Painting ID:: 64872 new22/Piero della Francesca-688424.jpg
sigismondo malatesta, detail from st sigismund and sigismondo pandolfo
Piero della Francesca detail of the dogs from st sigismund and sigismondo pandolfo malatesta Painting ID:: 64873 new22/Piero della Francesca-353383.jpg
detail of the dogs from st sigismund and sigismondo pandolfo malatesta rimini ,san francesco
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Piero della Francesca detail of the castle from st sigismund and sigismondo Painting ID:: 64874 new22/Piero della Francesca-242384.jpg
detail of the castle from st sigismund and sigismondo pandolfo malatesta, rimini, san francesco
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Piero della Francesca cupid returning an arrow to the quiver Painting ID:: 64875 new22/Piero della Francesca-967697.jpg
cupid returning an arrow to the quiver arezzo, san francesco
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Piero della Francesca the legend of the true cross, detail Painting ID:: 64876 new22/Piero della Francesca-628376.jpg
the legend of the true cross, detail the veneration of the cross
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Piero della Francesca the legend of the true cross, detail Painting ID:: 64877 new22/Piero della Francesca-886367.jpg
the legend of the true cross, detail the veneration of the cross
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Piero della Francesca the legend of the true cross, detail Painting ID:: 64878 new22/Piero della Francesca-975726.jpg
the legend of the true cross, detail the death of adam
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Piero della Francesca the legend of the true cross, detail Painting ID:: 64879 new22/Piero della Francesca-956769.jpg
the legend of the true cross, detail the death of adam
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Piero della Francesca the legend of the true cross, detail Painting ID:: 64880 new22/Piero della Francesca-762543.jpg
the legend of the true cross, detail the death of adam
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Piero della Francesca
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Piero della Francesca the legend of the true cross, detail Painting ID:: 64882 new22/Piero della Francesca-796687.jpg
the legend of the true cross, detail the death of adam
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Piero della Francesca the legend of the true cross, detail Painting ID:: 64883 new22/Piero della Francesca-679724.jpg
the legend of the true cross, detail the death of adam
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Piero della Francesca the legend of the true cross, detail Painting ID:: 64886 new22/Piero della Francesca-586426.jpg
the legend of the true cross, detail the adoration of the holy wood and the queen of sheba recceived by solomon
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Piero della Francesca the legend of the true cross, detail Painting ID:: 64885 new22/Piero della Francesca-576568.jpg
the legend of the true cross, detail the adoration of the holy wood and the queen of sheba recceived by solomon
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Piero della Francesca the legend of the true cross, detail Painting ID:: 64887 new22/Piero della Francesca-467952.jpg
the legend of the true cross, detail the adoration of the holy wood and the queen of sheba recceived by solomon
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Piero della Francesca the legend of the true cross, detail Painting ID:: 64888 new22/Piero della Francesca-729262.jpg
the legend of the true cross, detail the adoration of the holy wood and the queen of sheba recceived by solomon
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Piero della Francesca the legend of the true cross, detail Painting ID:: 64889 new22/Piero della Francesca-883664.jpg
the legend of the true cross, detail the queen of sheba recceived by solomon
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Piero della Francesca the legend of the true cross, detail Painting ID:: 64890 new22/Piero della Francesca-675949.jpg
the legend of the true cross, detail the queen of sheba recceived by solomon
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Piero della Francesca the legend of the true cross, detail Painting ID:: 64891 new22/Piero della Francesca-354398.jpg
the legend of the true cross, detail the queen of sheba recceived by solomon
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Piero della Francesca the legend of the true cross, detail Painting ID:: 64892 new22/Piero della Francesca-453749.jpg
the legend of the true cross, detail the annunciation
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Piero della Francesca detail of plate 90 Painting ID:: 64893 new22/Piero della Francesca-444962.jpg
detail of plate 90 se
Piero della Francesca the legend of the true cross, detail Painting ID:: 64894 new22/Piero della Francesca-325642.jpg
the legend of the true cross, detail the dream of constantine
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Piero della Francesca detail of plate 92 Painting ID:: 64895 new22/Piero della Francesca-543278.jpg
detail of plate 92 se
Piero della Francesca the legend of the true cross, detail Painting ID:: 64896 new22/Piero della Francesca-479277.jpg
the legend of the true cross, detail the verification of the cross
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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.