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Painter of Borgo San Sepulcro, 1410/20 - 1492

"Piero went to Arezzo where...he painted the chapel of the high altar of San Francesco...This fresco cycle shows scenes depicting the story of the True Cross..." I-194


The High Altar, San Francesco, Arezzo
"Adam's sons bury him and place under his tongue the seed of the tree from which the wood of the cross was to come down.." I-194


The death of Adam
The death of Adam (detail)
The burial of Adam with the seed of the Tree
"..the wood of the cross was to come down to the Exaltation of the Cross performed by the Emperor Heraclius, who with the Cross on his shoulders walks barefooted into Jerusalem." I-194


The Exaltation of the Cross
"The work is full of admirable ideas and attitudes." I-194



The Adoration of the Holy Wood and The Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
"The clothes of the women attending the Queen of Sheba, for example, are depicted in a very delightful and novel way.." I-194


The Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba (detail)
"..there are many true and lifelike portraits of people of the ancient world.." I-194



The Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba (detail)
"..there is a row of Corinthian columns, magnificently well proportioned.." I-194



The Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba (detail)

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