Painter of Borgo San Sepulcro, 1410/20 - 1492

	"..there is a peasant who, while the three crosses are being disinterred, is leaning with his hands on his spade and listening with such an attentive air to the words of St Helena that the effect could not be more convincing." I-194 The Discovery and Proof of the True Cross
	The Discovery of the True Cross (detail)
	The Discovery of the True Cross (detail)
	"Also very well executed is the figure of the dead man being brought back to life at the touch of the cross, with a joyful St Helena and a group of amazed onlookers who are kneeling down in adoration." The Proof of the True Cross (detail)
	"But above every other consideration of skill and art is Piero's representation of Night, where he depicts an angel in flight, foreshortened with his head downwards, bringing the signs of victory to Constantine who is sleeping in his tent, guarded by his servant and some armed men faintly discerned through the darkness of the night." I-194 The Dream of Constantine
	"..the light coming from the angel illuminates the tent, the men-at-arms, and all the surroundings. This composition is marvellously thought out, for in his portrayal of darkness Piero makes us understand how important it is to copy things as they are in nature and to refer constantly to what is being copied." I-195 The Dream of Constantine (detail)
	"This he himself did so well that he has been followed by our modern artists who have been able to reach the perfection that we see today." I-195 The Annunciation
	"In the same story, Piero used a battle scene to express very effectively fear, animosity, alertness, vehemence, and other emotions typical of men in combat. He also showed the various incidents of the battle, depicting the wounded, the fallen, and the dead in scenes of almost incredible carnage." I-195 Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes
	"This work, in which Piero also counterfeited in fresco the gleam of the combatants' arms, merits the highest praise, as does the group of horses shown in foreshortening in a picture which is on the other wall...he painted a man, riding on a lean horse, half nude and half clothed in the Saracen fashion; and he displayed a knowledge of anatomy that was rare in those days." I-195 Battle between Constantine and Maxentius
	"For this work he was generously rewarded by Luigi Bacci (whose portrait, along with those of Carlo and other of his brothers he included in a scene showing the beheading of a king)." I-195 Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (The execution of Chosroes)