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Also Known As Piero di Benedetto dei Franceschi
Born c.1416 or c.1417 • Italy
Died October 12, 1492 • Italy
Notable Works “The Flagellation of Christ” • “Polyptych of the Misericordia” • “Sigismondo Malatesta Before Saint Sigismund” • “The Legend of the True Cross”
Movement / Style Early Renaissance • Renaissance
Subjects Of Study perspective

Photos

Piero della Francesca: The Flagellation of Christ
Painting The Nativity by Piero della Francesca shows Mary kneeling in prayer before the infant Jesus, surrounded by angels with instruments and onlookers, under a rustic shelter.
Christ risen from the tomb on the third day after death, fresco by Piero Della Francesca (c. 1420–92). In the Palazzo Comunale, Sansepolcro, Italy.
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The Birth of the Virgin, fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1486–90; in the choir of Santa Maria Novella, Florence.
Domenico Ghirlandaio
Italian painter
Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Titian: Venus of Urbino
Titian
Italian painter
Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael
Italian painter and architect
Masaccio: Holy Trinity
Masaccio
Italian painter
Fra Filippo Lippi: Madonna and Child
Fra Filippo Lippi
Italian painter
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Paolo Uccello
Italian painter
Baptism of Christ
Masolino
Italian painter
Lippi, Filippino: The Meeting of Joachim and Anne Outside the Golden Gate of Jerusalem
Filippino Lippi
Italian painter
Giotto: Lamentation
Giotto
Italian painter
The Last Supper
Andrea del Castagno
Italian painter
Andrea Mantegna: Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga
Andrea Mantegna
Italian artist
Fra Angelico: Madonna of Humility
Fra Angelico
Italian painter
Bellini, Giovanni: Saint Jerome Reading
Giovanni Bellini
Italian painter
The Adoration of the Shepherds by Giorgione
Giorgione
Italian painter
Correggio: Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist
Correggio
Italian artist
Parmigianino
Parmigianino
Italian artist
Madonna with Child and SS. Sebastian and Rocco, oil on wood by Bartolomeo Montagna, 1487; in the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Italy.
Bartolomeo Montagna
Italian painter
“The Condemned in Hell,” fresco by Luca Signorelli, 1500–02; in the chapel of S. Brizio, Orvieto, Italy
Luca Signorelli
Italian painter
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Franciabigio
Italian painter

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