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Piero della Francesca
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Italian painter and mathematician (c. 1416–1492)
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Piero della Francesca (1416–1492) was an Italian painter, mathematician, and art theorist associated with the Early Renaissance movement. Born in Sansepolcro, he worked in locations including Arezzo, Ferrara, Florence, and Monterchi. His notable works include *Madonna di Senigallia*, *The Resurrection*, *Madonna del Parto*, and *Saint Jerome penitent*. He studied under Domenico Veneziano and taught Luca Signorelli.
His fields of work encompassed geometry, painting, and mathematics. He spoke Latin and Italian. His works are held in collections such as the Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, and National Gallery of Art. He died in Sansepolcro.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Piero
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Sansepolcro
- Place of death
- Sansepolcro
- Occupation
- art theorist
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Notable work
- Polyptych of the Misericordia
- Field of work
- mathematics
- Genre
- painting
- Movement
- Early Renaissance
- Image
- Resurrection detail.JPG
- Work location
- Urbino
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- date of birth
- 1410-00-00
- date of death
- 1492-10-21
- Commons category
- Piero della Francesca
- student
- Luca Signorelli
- Commons Creator page
- Piero della Francesca
- topic's main category
- Category:Piero della Francesca
- name in native language
- Piero della Francesca
- ethnic group
- Italians
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- name
- Pietro de Borgo a San Sepolcro
- start of work period
- 1427-01-01
- end of work period
- 1492-01-01
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- birth name
- Piero di Benedetto dei Franceschi
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Works in European collections
32 objects attributed to Piero della Francesca, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Piero della Francesca (/ˌpjɛəroʊ ˌdɛlə frænˈtʃɛskə/ PYAIR-oh DEL-ə fran-CHESK-ə, US also /- frɑːnˈ-/ - frahn-; Italian: [ˈpjɛːro della franˈtʃeska] ; né Piero di Benedetto de' Franceschi; c. 1415 – 12 October 1492) 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 use of geometric forms and perspective. His most famous work is the cycle of frescoes The History of the True Cross in the Basilica of San Francesco in the Tuscan town of Arezzo.
The Resurrection (c. 1463–65)
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