The Resurrection (Piero della Francesca)
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The Resurrection is a fresco painting by the Italian Renaissance master Piero della Francesca, painted in the 1460s in the Palazzo della Residenza in the town of Sansepolcro, Tuscany, Italy.
The Resurrection | |
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Artist | Piero della Francesca |
Year | c. 1460s |
Type | Fresco |
Dimensions | 225 cm × 200 cm (89 in × 79 in) |
Location | Museo Civico, Sansepolcro |
Piero was commissioned to paint the fresco for the Gothic-style Residenza, the communal meeting hall[1] which was used solely by Conservatori, the chief magistrates and governors, who, before starting their councils, would pray before the image. "The secular and spiritual meanings of the painting were always intimately intertwined."[2][3] Placed high on the interior wall facing the entrance, the fresco has for its subject an allusion to the name of the city (meaning "Holy Sepulchre"), derived from the presence of two relics of the Holy Sepulchre carried by two pilgrims in the 9th century. Piero's Christ is also present on the town's coat of arms.[4]