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The central panel is of the common motif of the Virgin of Mercy or Madonna della Misericordia. The larger setting. In 1445, the Compagnia della Misericordia, a confraternity of Borgo San Sepolcro, commissioned Piero, a native of the town, to paint a polyptych for them. According to the taste of the time, the polyptych was to be painted with ...
It is the artist's third known major altarpiece, following his Polyptych of the Misericordia (c. 1444–1464) and Polyptych of Perugia (c. 1460–1470). It was intended for the church of Sant'Agostino (now rededicated as Santa Chiara) in Sansepolcro. The Augustinians there signed a contract with the artist on 4 October 1454, with Angelo di ...
A polyptych (/ ˈ p ɒ l ɪ p t ɪ k / POL-ip-tik; Greek: poly-"many" and ptychē "fold") is a work of art (usually a panel painting) which is divided into sections, or panels. Some definitions restrict "polyptych" to works with more than three sections: [ 1 ] a diptych is a two-part work of art; a triptych is a three-part work; a tetraptych or ...
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Albani Torlonia Polyptych; The Allegory of Faith; An Allegory of the Old and New Testaments; Altarpiece of Saint Barbara (Pérez) Altarpiece of the Saints John; Calvary (Amstel) Calvary (Antonello da Messina) Crucifixion (Antonello da Messina) Apocalypse in Lilac, Capriccio
Polyptych of the Misericordia; Portrait of a Lady (van der Weyden) Portrait of a Man (Antonello da Messina, Pavia) Portrait of a Man (Mantegna) Portrait of a Man in a Red Hat; Portrait of a Young Girl (Christus) Portrait of Antoine, 'Grand Bâtard' of Burgundy; Portrait of Carlo de' Medici; Profile of a Man (Mantegna) Profile Portrait of a ...
The Diptych of Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza are two oil paintings by Italian artist Piero della Francesca, dated to 1473–1475.This famed double portrait is often mistitled The Duke and Duchess of Urbino—as it appears on the website of the Uffizi Gallery, which owns it. [1]
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