Piero della Francesca

Piero della Francesca (/ˌpjɛəroʊ ˌdɛlə frænˈtʃɛskə/,^[2] US also /- frɑːnˈ-/,^[3][4] Italian: [ˈpjɛːro della franˈtʃeska] (listen); né Piero di Benedetto; c. 1415^[1] – 12 October 1492) was an Italian Renaissance painter from the Early Renaissance. He was also a mathematician and geometer.^[5] Piero della Francesca is famous for his art. His paintings usually used lots of humanism, geometry, perspective. His most famous work is the cycle of frescoes The History of the True Cross.

The Resurrection (c. 1463–65)

Piero della Francesca
Born	Piero di Benedetto c. 1415[1] Sansepolcro, Republic of Florence
Died	12 October 1492(1492-10-12) (aged 76–77) Sansepolcro, Republic of Florence
Nationality	Italian
Known for	Painting, Fresco
Notable work	The Baptism of Christ Flagellation of Christ Brera Madonna
Movement	Early Renaissance

Famous works

The Baptism of Christ, c. 1450, National Gallery, London

• Polyptych of the Misericordia (1445–62) – Tempera and oil on panel, 273 x 330 cm, Museo Civico Sansepolcro
• The Baptism of Christ (c. 1448–50) – Tempera on panel, 168 × 116 cm, National Gallery, London
• St. Jerome in Penitence (c. 1449–51) – Tempera on panel, 51 × 38 cm, Staatliche Museen, Berlin
• St. Jerome and a Donor (Girolamo Amadi) (1451) – Tempera and oil on panel, 49 × 42 cm, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
• Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta Praying in Front of St. Sigismund (1451) – Fresco (transferred to canvas), 257 x 345 cm, Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini
• Portrait of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (c. 1451) – Tempera and oil on panel, 44.5 × 34.5 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris
• The History of the True Cross (c. 1455–66) – Fresco cycle, Basilica of San Francesco, Arezzo
• The Flagellation of Christ (c. 1460) – Tempera on panel, 58.4 x 81.5 cm, Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino
• Polyptych of Saint Augustine (1460–70) – Tempera and oil on panels, dispersed in several museums
• Resurrection (c. 1463) –Fresco, 225 × 200 cm, Museo Civico Sansepolcro
• Hercules (c. 1465) –Fresco (detached), 151 × 126 cm, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
• St. Mary Magdalene (c. 1466, 1458–70s) – Fresco, 190 × 180 cm, Cathedral, Arezzo
• Madonna del Parto (1459–67) – Detached fresco, 260 × 203 cm, Chapel of the cemetery, Monterchi
• The Nativity (c. 1470) – Oil on panel, 124.5 × 123 cm, National Gallery, London
• Polyptych of Saint Anthony (c. 1470) – Oil on panel, 338 × 230 cm, Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia
• Brera Madonna, i.e. Montefeltro Altarpiece, (1472–74) – Oil on panel, 248 × 170 cm, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
• Diptych of the Count and Countess of Urbino, Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza – Oil on panel, each 47,4 × 33,6 cm, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.
• Madonna di Senigallia (c. 1474) – Oil on panel, 67 × 53.5 cm, Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino