Tag: Piero della Francesca

Guidobaldo da Montefeltro

(1472–1508) Duke of Urbino (1482–1502; 1503–1508) Guidobaldo in Art: Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Ritratto di ragazzo c.1483 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid    

Ritratto di ragazzo (c.1483)

Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Ritratto di ragazzo (Portrait of a Boy, Guidobaldo Da Montefeltro?) c.1483 Tempera on panel, 41 x 27.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid According to James Dennistoun, this small portrait on panel was in the collection of Giuseppe Crosti,…

Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta

(1417–1468) Signore di Rimini (1432–1468) Sigismondo in Art: Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Sigismondo Malatesta, signore di Rimini 3rd quarter of the 15th century Musée du Louvre, Paris   Born June 19 1417 Brescia (Italia) Died October 7 1468 Rimini (Italia) Buried Tempio…

Sant’Apollonia (c.1455-1460)

Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Sant’Apollonia (Saint Apollonia) c.1455–1460 Tempera on poplar panel, 38.8 x 28 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Attributed to Piero della Francesca. Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned woman in front of a gold background wears a…

Natività (early 1480s)

Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Natività (The Nativity) early 1480s Oil on poplar, 124.4 x 122.6 cm National Gallery, London Piero della Francesca depicted Christ’s Nativity as a miraculous vision materialising on top of a hill near his hometown in rural Tuscany. He…

San Michele Arcangelo (1469)

Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) San Michele Arcangelo (Saint Michael the Archangel) completed 1469 Oil on poplar, 133 x 59.5 cm National Gallery, London The Archangel Michael led an army of angels to battle against the devil and cast him down from…

Battesimo di Cristo (c.1437-1445)

Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Battesimo di Cristo (The Baptism of Christ) probably about 1437–1445 Egg tempera on poplar, 167 × 116 cm National Gallery, London This is the earliest surviving work by the innovative Tuscan painter, Piero della Francesca. Very few…

Sansepolcro (Italia)

Burgus Sancti Sepulchri or Borgo Sansepolcro Sansepolcro in Art: Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Battesimo di Cristo probably about 1437–1445 National Gallery, London     Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Natività early 1480s National Gallery, London     Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) San Michele Arcangelo completed 1469 National Gallery, London…