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Piero della Francesca: Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes by Piero della Francesca   wikidata:Q3636424  reasonator:Q3636424
Artist
Piero della Francesca  (1415–1492)    wikidata:Q5822  s:it:Autore:Piero della Francesca  q:it:Piero della Francesca
 
Piero della Francesca
Alternative names
Birth name: Pietro di Benedetto dei Franceschi; Pietro Borgliese
Description Italian painter and mathematician
Date of birth/death between circa 1410 and circa 1420
date QS:P,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1410-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1420-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
12 October 1492  Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Sansepolcro Sansepolcro
Work period 1427  Edit this at Wikidata–1492  Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q5822
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
  • العربية: لوحة فنيَّة من كنيسة القديس فرنسيس في أريتسو. يظهرُ فيها انتصار الروم البيزنطيين بقيادة القيصر هرقل على الفُرس الساسانيين بقيادة الشاه كسرى الثاني، واسترجاعهم الصليب الحقيقيّ وإعادته إلى بيت المقدس.
  • Deutsch: Freskenzyklus der "Legende vom Heiligen Kreuz" im Chor von San Francesco in Arezzo. Szene: Lobpreisung des Heiligen Kreuzes nach dessen Rückführung nach Jerusalem durch Kaiser Heraklius.
  • Italiano: Dettaglio dal ciclo di affreschi della "Leggenda della santa Croce" nel coro della Basilica di San Francesco ad Arezzo.
Part of The History of the True Cross  Edit this at Wikidata
Object type painting  Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people
Date 1452-1466
Medium
العربية: الجص
Deutsch: Fresko
Italiano: Affresco
Dimensions height: 390 cm (12.7 ft)  Edit this at Wikidata; width: 747 cm (24.5 ft)  Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+390U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+747U174728
San Francesco.
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Place of creation Italy  Edit this at Wikidata
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Source/Photographer The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202.
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