Artist: Piero Della Francesca (1420 - 1492)
Nationality: Italian
Movement: Florentine School
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Piero della Francesca was born in Borgo San Sepolcro, Italy and lived there most of his life. He studied under Veneziano in Florence, and was strongly inspired by Donatello, Masaccio, and Uccello. After 1470, he abandoned art for his other interests in mathematics. Because of his slow and negligent working style, many of his commissions took long periods of time or were never finished. He received little to no recogniton until the 1800’s, when he was discovered to be one of the important artists of the Renaissance.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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PORTRAIT DE SIGISMOND MALATESTA (1417-1468) (1451 vers) by PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA
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Piero della Francesca - The Crucifixion n.d. tempera on panel The Frick Collection Italian
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Piero della Francesca - St. John the Evangelist 1454-69 tempera on panel The Frick Collection Italian
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Imitator of Piero della Francesca, Italian (Florentine), active in 1439–died in 1492 Portrait of a
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Sainte Marie Madeleine, vu de face, debout, tenant le vase (19e siècle) by HEBERT Ernest ; FRANCESCHI Piero dei (inspiré par)
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The Mountain, 1937 Balthus (French, 1908 - 2001)Oil on canvas; H. 98, W. 144 in.
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Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres - Paolo and Francesca c. 1855-60 oil on canvas The Hyde Collection French
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Auguste Rodin - Paolo and Francesca c. 1909 marble Corcoran Gallery of Art French
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Cecilia Beauz - Dorothea and Francesca 1898 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago
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Figure d'homme revêtu d'une cotte d'armes, soutenant une planche by RICCIARELLI DA VOLTERRA Daniele (d'après)
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LA VIERGE ET L'ENFANT (2e quart 15e siècle) by BALDOVINETTI Alessio
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Saint Francesca Romana Giving Alms
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Portrait of a Woman Piero del Pollaiuolo (Piero di Jacopo Benci) (Italian, Florentine, born about
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Auguste Rodin - The Kiss (Paolo and Francesca) 1886 painted plaster Milwaukee Art Museum French
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Têtes d'artistes sur trois rangées (1712) by POUSSIN Nicolas (d'après) ; VASARI Giorgio (inspiré par)
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The Birth of the Virgin, 1467 Fra Carnevale (Bartolomeo di Giovanni Corradini) (Italian, Marchigian, active
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VIERGE A L'ENFANT (16e siècle) by KONIG Johann ; LEONARDO DI SER PIERO DA VINCI, VINCI Léonard de (dit, d'après), LEONARDO DI SER PIERO DA VINCI (d'après)
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LA VIERGE ET L'ENFANT (1470 vers) by FRANCESCO di Giorgio Martini
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The Young Saint John the Baptist Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo) (Italian, Florentine, 1462-1522)Tempera
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The Return from the Hunt, ca. 1505–7 Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo) (Italian, Florentine,
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LA "NAVICELLA" (1485 vers) by ANTONIAZZO di Benedetto Aquilio, ANTONIAZZO Romano (dit) ; GIOTTO (d'après)
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HISTOIRE DE DIDON : MORT DE DIDON SUR LE BUCHER (milieu 15e siècle) by anonyme
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HSTOIRE DE DIDON : DIDON ACCEPTE LE CONTRAT DE MARIAGE (?) (milieu 15e siècle) by anonyme
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HSISTOIRE DE DIDON : JARBAS DEMANDE DIDON EN MARIAGE (milieu 15e siècle) by anonyme
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Francesca Commerci maintenant de sa main gauche un vase posé sur sa tête (1843 en) by COROT Jean-Baptiste Camille
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Vierge à l'Enfant, d'après la voûte de l'abside de Santa Francesca Romana (1924) by HEBERT Ernest
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Ary Scheffer - Dante and Virgil Meeting the Shades of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo 1851 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art Dutch
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Etude pour Paolo et Francesca (1870 vers) by CABANEL Alexandre
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Etudes de décorations pour un plafond (1ère moitié 16e siècle) by BONACCORSI Piero
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A Hunting Scene Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo) (Italian, Florentine, 1462-1522)Tempera and oil transferred
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LUCRECE ET COLLATIN (milieu 15e siècle) by anonyme
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Bronzino - Portrait of Piero de' Medici ('The Gouty') 1550-1570 oil on wood The National Gallery, London Italian
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Francesca da Rimini (1846 vers) by CHENAVARD Paul
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La vision de Constantin (1924) by HEBERT Ernest ; FRANCESCHI Piero dei (inspiré par)
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HISTOIRE DE DIDON : ARRIVEE DE JARBAS MENACANT CARTHAGE (milieu 15e siècle) by MAITRE DES VUES PLONGEANTES ; GIOVANNI di Paolo (école)
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Francesca Petrarca, Raphael Morghen (Italy, Naples, 1758 - 1833) , 1781, Engraving
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La Mélancolie ? (1793) by BONACCORSI Piero (d'après)
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Francesca Alexander Portrait of Luise Ristori pen and ink with graphite on off-white wove paper circa 1870
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Malatesta (1819) by INGRES Jean Auguste Dominique
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Etude pour figure drapée, vue de la taille aux pieds (4e quart 15e siècle ; 1er quart 16e siècle) by PIERO di Lorenzo, PIERO di Cosimo (?)
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SAINT JEAN-BAPTISTE ENFANT (4e quart 15e siècle ; 1er quart 16e siècle) by PIERO DI LORENZO (attribué), PIERO DI COSIMO (dit, attribué)
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PORTRAIT D'UNE DAME DE LA COUR DE MILAN ; DIT JADIS A TORT LA BELLE FERRONNIERE (1485 vers ; 1495 ou) by LEONARDO DI SER PIERO DA VINCI ; VINCI Léonard de (dit)
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PAOLO ET FRANCESCA (1887 ; 1988 tirage) by RODIN Auguste ; GODARD E (fondeur)
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BACCHUS (1511 entre ; 1515 et) by LEONARDO DI SER PIERO DA VINCI, VINCI Léonard de (dit, atelier)
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Dante et Virgile aux Enfers : vision de Paolo et Francesca (1824 en) by ALAUX Jean
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OMBRES DE PAOLO ET FRANCESCA DA RIMINI (1879 avant) by HUGUES Dominique Jean-Baptiste
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Un homme nu et une femme nue, tenant une branche dans la main by PORTA Guglielmo della
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Piero à la presse (1969) by PICASSO Pablo (dit), RUIZ-PICASSO Pablo
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Paolo and Francesca, Auguste Rodin (France, Paris, 1840 - 1917) , first modelled circa 1887-1889, this cast 1972 (Musée Rodin 1/12), Bronze
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L'INTRONISATION DE SAINT FLAVIEN DE RECANATI (1443) by GIACOMO DI NICOLA DA RECANATI
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Dante et Virgile aux Enfers. Paolo et Francesca da Rimini (19e siècle) by anonyme
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MARTYRE DE SAINT FLAVIEN DE RECANATI (1443) by GIACOMO DI NICOLA DA RECANATI
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Deux femmes nues, l'une tenant un vase renversé, et l'autre une branche by PORTA Guglielmo della
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Homme coiffé d'un bonnet, drapé dans un grand manteau, assis à terre (2e moitié 15e siècle) by POLLAIUOLO Antonio (attribué à)
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Francesca (son buste) (1819) by INGRES Jean Auguste Dominique
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Francesca Ghirardi Lechi Giovanni Battista Gigola (Italian, Brescian, 1767-1841)Ivory; Diameter 2 5/8 in. (66 mm)Bequest
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Deux femmes portant un vase sur la tête, et une troisième vidant un vase by PORTA Guglielmo della
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Adam; Eve Giuliano di Piero di Simone Bugiardini (Italian, Florentine, 1475-1554)Oil on canvas; Each 26
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La sibylle de Cumes montrant la Vierge à Auguste (4e quart 18e siècle ; 1er quart 19e siècle) by DAVID Jacques Louis ; BONACCORSI Piero (inspiré par)
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Filippo Baldinucci Title page vignette in the book Cominciamento e progresso dell' arte dell' intagliare in rame äby Filippo Baldinucci (Florence: Piero Matini, 1686) engraving 1686

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (40)
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Palazzo della Provincia di Cuneo: Salone Europa: Onirica 2003
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