Shop art print and framed art Brera Madonna by Piero della Francesca

The Sacred Conversation (Sacra conversazione con la Madonna col Bambino, sei santi, quattro angeli e il donatore Federico da Montefeltro), also known as the Brera Altarpiece or Pala Montefeltra or Pala de Brera, was painted by Piero della Francesca for the church of San Donato degli Osservanti in 1472. It is an oil painting on wood measuring 248 x 150 cm. It is kept at the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan. It was commissioned around 1472-1474 by the Duke of Urbino, Frederick III of Montefeltro, according to some historians to celebrate the birth of his son, Guidobaldo; for others, his victories and conquests in the Maremma. It is one of the last known works by the painter. Originally painted for the church of Osservanti di San Donato in Urbino, after the duke's death in 1482 it was transferred to the church of San Bernardino, in his mausoleum. It depicts the Virgin and Child in majesty (on a throne), surrounded by sacred figures on either side, including the person who commissioned the work. It takes up the Christian iconographic theme of sacred conversation, which was very popular in Italy at the end of the Quattrocento. The saints are recognisable by their attributes: The subject, so dear to the iconography of Christian painting, is placed in a clearly architectural setting, against the background of a niche with an upside-down scallop shell in a very precise perspective construction (monofocal centred on the figure of the Virgin). The figures take their places in front of [...]

 

This artwork is a painting from the renaissance period. It belongs to the italian renaissance style.

 

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