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Piero della Francesca
The Flagellation of Christ, tempera on wood panel by Piero della Francesca, late 1450s; in the National Gallery of the Marches, Urbino, Italy.
Piero della Francesca traveled to Rome in 1459 for the purpose of painting frescoes for Pope Pius II in the Vatican. While these specific works were later destroyed, he also executed the painting St. Luke for the church of Santa Maria Maggiore during this time, likely with the assistance of his studio.1