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Who painted it?
Who painted “Madonna and Child with Saints, Angels and Federico da Montefeltro (San Bernardino Altarpiece)”?
“Madonna and Child with Saints, Angels and Federico da Montefeltro (San Bernardino Altarpiece)” was painted by Piero della Francesca in 1472. Where to see it: Pinacoteca di Brera.
What to look for
Piero della Francesca: calm, geometric figures, pale clear light, exact perspective and stillness, as if time stopped.
Piero della Francesca (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. Wikipedia
Test yourself: a round on Piero della Francesca
More by Piero della Francesca
- “Flagellation of Christ”, 1459
- “The Resurrection”, 1463
- “Diptych of Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza”, 1465
- “Madonna del Parto”, 1455
- “The Baptism of Christ”, 1448
- “Madonna di Senigallia”, 1476
- “Polyptych of the Misericordia”, 1460–1462
- “The Nativity”, 1480s