The Italian painter Piero della Francesca is considered the master of the early Renaissance and one of the most important painters of the 15th century. Many other artists took an example from him and his mostly religious works. At the same time Piero was a mathematician and art theorist. His exact date of birth is not known, as his birth certificate was burned in an archive. It is estimated to be 1412 or 1420.
During his life Piero della Francesca worked in Florence, Rome and Ferrara, but mainly in his hometown Sansepolcro in the northeast of Tuscany.
That Piero della Francesca was a mathematician was also reflected in his works. Proportions and body volumes were calculated precisely, the pictures seem very spatial and there is a serene calm and silence. Just likeLeonardo da Vinci, who was born two generations after him, Piero enjoyed experimenting with many painting techniques. For example, he replaced pigments and water with oil paints when painting frescoes.
Piero received his first training as a painter in Florence, where he is said to have spent much of his youth. One of his first works was the "Baptism of Christ", which is now exhibited in London (National Gallery).
The last known work by him dates from 1478, after which he devoted himself to writing books on art theory. Tragically, he is said to have been blind for the last years of his life. He remained faithful to his birthplace Sansepolcro in the Tuscan province of Arezzo until the end of his life in 1492.
For art lovers and hikers there is the Sansepolcro and Piero della Francesca Trail, which also leads to Piero's greatest work, the "Resurrection". This fresco was painted in 1463 and was called the best painting in the world by the British writer Aldous Huxley.
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-659981).jpg "The Flagellation of Christ by Piero della Francesca")
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 kneeling before his patron St Sigismund of Burgundy 1451 - (MeisterDrucke-145896).jpg "Sigismondo Malatesta kneeling before his patron, St. Sigismund of Burgundy, 1451 by Piero della Francesca")
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.jpg "The Queen of Sheba Worshipping the Wood of the True Cross, The Reception of the Queen of Sheba by King Solomon and The Battle of Milvian Bridge, from the Legend of the True Cross Cycle by Piero della Francesca")
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.jpg "The Verification of the True Cross, The Victory of Heraclius and the Execution of Chosroes in 628 AD, from the Legend of the True Cross cycle, completed 1464 (post-restoration) by Piero della Francesca")
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.jpg "Victory of Constantine over Maxentius (detail) by Piero della Francesca")
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.jpg "Saint Mary \"della Misericordia\", Center Piece of the Polyptych Painted for the \"Confratelli della Misericordia\" by Piero della Francesca")
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.jpg "Allegorical Triumphs of Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino and Battista Sforza by Piero della Francesca")
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.jpg "Triumph of Federigo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino; Federigo and the four Cardinal Virtues in a triumphal car drawn by white unicorns, winged Victory holding the ducal coronet, painted after 1474 by Piero della Francesca")
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 Duke of Urbino c1465 (tempera on panel) (for reverse see 69441-42) (detail from 95420) - (MeisterDrucke-70956).jpg "Federigo da Montefeltro (1422-82) Duke of Urbino, c.1465 (detail) by Piero della Francesca")
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.jpg "Triumph of Battista Sforza, Duchess of Urbino. Battista and her handmaiden, two Theological Virtues and a nun are drawn in a triumphal car by two brown unicorns, after 1472 (detail) by Piero della Francesca")
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.jpg "Saint Luke. Detail of a fresco attributed to Piero della Francesca (1410/1420-1492). San Michele chapel. Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore (Holy Mary Major), Rome. by Piero della Francesca")
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.jpg "Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Ruler of Rimini, Kneeling in Front of His Patron, Saint Sigismund, Sainted King of Burgundy by Piero della Francesca")
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.jpg "The Legend of the True Cross, the Carrying of the Cross, Completed 1464 (detail) by Piero della Francesca")
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.jpg "Heraclius Restores the Cross to Jerusalem, from the Legend of the True Cross cycle (detail) by Piero della Francesca")
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_in_prayer_before_San_Sigis_-_(MeisterDrucke-1062460).jpg "Portrait of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta in prayer before San Sigismondo (detail) by Piero della Francesca")
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.jpg "The Virgin and Child between two Angels, known as Madonna of Senigallia (detail) by Piero della Francesca")
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.jpg "The Dream of Constantine, from The Legend of the True Cross cycle by Piero della Francesca")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660344).jpg "Christ Resurrected by Piero della Francesca")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660667).jpg "Saint Jerome and a Devotee by Piero della Francesca")
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.jpg "Polyptych of Misericorde: Virgin of Mercy, Surrounded by Saints (Detail) by Piero della Francesca")
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.jpg "The Baptism of Christ by Piero della Francesca")
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