Piero della Francesca

Chronology

Polyptych of the Misericordia

The Flagellation of Christ

St. Jerome in Penitence

Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta Praying in Front of St. Sigismund

Portrait of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta

St. Jerome and a Donor

The Baptism of Christ


The History of the True Cross
       Adoration of the Holy Wood and the Meeting of Solomon        and the Queen of Sheba
       Constantine's Dream

Mary Magdalene

Madonna del parto

St. Julian

Resurrection

Polyptych of Saint Augustine


Nativity

Polyptych of Perugia

Madonna and Child with Saints (Montefeltro Altarpiece)

Paired portraits of Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza

Madonna di Senigallia


Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists | Piero della Francesca





 





 
Art in Tuscany
             
 
Stemma della famiglia Pucci. Dettaglio dal ciclo di affreschi della "Leggenda della santa Croce" nel coro della Basilica di San Francesco ad Arezzo
Piero della Francesca, Battaglia di Eraclio e Cosroè (particolare, Stemma della famiglia Pucci), c. 1455,
affresco, 329 x 747 cm, Basilica di San Francesco, Arezzo


Art in Tuscany  
       
   


Piero della Francesca | Battaglia di Eraclio e Cosroè (Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes)

   
   

Art in Tuscany | Piero della Francesca | The History of the True Cross, Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes

Arte in Toscana | Piero della Francesca | Storie della Vera Croce, Battaglia di Eraclio e Cosroè



   
   

The use of the 'moor's head' as a heraldic device dates from the 13th century.
The moor's head device was also used in Italian heraldry, especially by families in the north and centre of the peninsula. The earliest known example appears in the 11th century. Its use by families such as the Saraceni of Siena, the Morandi of Genoa, the Morese of Bologna, the Negri of Vicenza and the Pagani of Saluzzo suggests that the device was intended as a pun on surnames similar to the Italian words for moor, negro and saracen. However, the Pucci family also used it. The moor in Italian art was usually depicted wearing a white band tied above the eyes, instead of the German imperial crown, to represent victory over the moors during the Crusades. These families may have originally acquired their surnames from crusader ancestors.[1]

 

         

Sequenza narrativa
Sequenza narrativa

 

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Piero della Francesca - 8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail) - WGA17557    
         
Piero della Francesca - 8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail) - WGA17555   Piero della Francesca 026   Piero della Francesca - 8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail) - WGA17566
         
Piero della Francesca - 8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail) - WGA17553   Piero della Francesca 028   Piero della Francesca 027
         
Piero della Francesca 029   Stemma della famiglia Pucci. Dettaglio dal ciclo di affreschi della "Leggenda della santa Croce" nel coro della Basilica di San Francesco ad Arezzo   Piero della Francesca - 8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail) - WGA17565
         
Piero della Francesca - 8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail) - WGA17558   Piero, battaglia di eraclioe cosroe, dettaglio 2   Piero, esecuzione di cosroe
         
  Piero della Francesca - 8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail) - WGA17568  
         
       
         


[1] Source: Victoria and Albert Museum  The world's greatest museum of art and design | www.vam.ac.uk/