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Piero della Francesca

[ pee-air-oh del-uh fran-ches-kuh, frahn-; Italian pye-raw del-lah frahn-che-skah ]

noun

  1. Piero de' Franceschi, Francesca, Piero della.


Piero della Francesca

/ ˈpjɛːro ˌdɛlla franˈtʃeska /

noun

  1. della FrancescaPiero?14201492MItalianARTS AND CRAFTS: painter ?1420–92, Italian painter, noted particularly for his frescoes of the Legend of the True Cross in San Francesco, Arezzo


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Another image by Piero della Francesca, from his St. Augustine Altarpiece and now on view at the Frick Collection in New York.

This is an altarpiece painted by Piero della Francesca in about 1470, for a patron in his hometown of Borgo San Sepolcro.

Turn next to the Nativity by Piero della Francesca —a picture painted 100 years later.

Their portraits, painted by Piero della Francesca, are to be seen in the Uffizzi.

Of these the best and the most interesting is by Piero della Francesca.

Two statements made by Vasari regarding “Piero della Francesca” are open to much controversy.

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