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Work Details:

Title:Legend of the True Cross, Capella Maggiore, San Francesco
Creator:Piero della Francesca [Italian, c. 1415 – c. 1492] and Bicci di Lorenzo [Italian, 1373 – 1452]
Culture/Nationality:Italian
Style:Renaissance
Date:c. 1452-1456
Location:San Francesco, Arezzo
Medium:fresco and oil pigments
Annunciation
 
Annunciation
 
Battle of Heraclius and Chosroes
 
Battle of Heraclius and Chosroes
 
Battle of Heraclius and Chosroes, and The Beheading of Chosroes
 
Battle of the Milvian Bridge
 
Battle of the Milvian Bridge
 
Battle of the Milvian Bridge
 
Burial of the Holy Wood
 
Burial of the Holy Wood
 
Cycle on the Legend of the Cross
 
Cycle on the Legend of the Cross
 
Death of Adam
 
Death of Adam
 
Death of Adam
 
Death of Adam
 
Death of Adam
 
Death of Adam
 
Death of Adam (after restoration)
 
Death of Adam (before restoration)
 
Disposition of the Narrative
 
East wall
 
Exaltation of the Cross
 
Finding and recognition of the True Cross
 
General view into the chapel
 
Left half
 
Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
 
Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
 
Recognition and Proving of the True Cross
 
Right half
 
The Queen of Sheba Recognizes the Holy Wood
 
The Queen of Sheba Recognizes the Holy Wood
 
The Queen of Sheba Recognizes the Holy Wood
 
The Queen of Sheba Recognizes the Holy Wood
 
The Queen of Sheba Recognizes the Holy Wood, and The Queen Received by King Solomon
 
Torture of the Jew
 
Torture of the Jew
 
Vision of Constantine
 
Vision of Constantine
 
West wall