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…
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…
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…
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…
(c.1416–1492) Piero di Benedetto de’ Franceschi The artist’s works: Battesimo di Cristo probably about 1437–1445 National Gallery, London Sant’Apollonia c.1455–1460 National Gallery of Art, Washington Madonna col Bambino e quattro angeli c.1460–1470 Clark Art Institute, Williamstown San Michele Arcangelo completed 1469 National Gallery, London Natività…