The Legend of the True Cross or The History of the True Cross is a sequence of frescoes painted by Piero della Francesca in the Basilica of San Francesco in Arezzo. It is his largest work, and general
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Detail of The Death of Adam after and before restoration
Center, from the top: Death of Adam Adoration of the Holy Wood and the Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba Battle between Constantine and Maxentius Left side, from the top: Burial of the Wood Constantine's Dream
Center, from the top: Exaltation of the Cross Discovery and Proof of the True Cross Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes Right side, from the top: Torture of the Jew Annunciation
Piero della Francesca was an Italian painter, mathematician and geometer of the Early Renaissance, nowadays chiefly appreciated for his art. His painting is characterized by its serene humanism, its u
The Legend of the True Cross
…of the True Cross (Italian: Leggenda della Vera Croce) or The History of the True Cross (Storie della Vera Croce) is a sequence of frescoes painted by Piero della Francesca in the Basilica of San Francesco in Arezzo. It is his largest work, and generally considered one of his finest, and an early Renaissance masterpiece…
Portrait of Piero della Francesca from a 1648 edition of The Lives
The Resurrection (c. 1463–65)
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta kneeling before St. Sigismund (1451)
Detail from The History of the True Cross: the Queen of Sheba meeting with King Solomon