| The Resurrection | |
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| Artist | Piero della Francesca |
| Year | c. 1460s |
| Type | Fresco |
| Dimensions | 225 cm × 200 cm (89 in × 79 in) |
| Location | Museo Civico, Sansepolcro |
The Resurrection is a fresco painting by the Italian Renaissance master Piero della Francesca, painted in the 1460s in the Palazzo della Residenza in the town of Sansepolcro, Tuscany, Italy.
Piero was commissioned to paint the fresco for the Gothic-style Residenza, the communal meeting hall.[1] This was used solely by Conservatori, the chief magistrates and governors, who, before starting their councils, would pray before the image. "The secular and spiritual meanings of the painting were always intimately intertwined."[2][3] Placed high on the interior wall facing the entrance, the fresco includes an allusion to the name of the city (meaning "Holy Sepulchre"), derived from the presence of two relics of the Holy Sepulchre carried here by two pilgrims in the 9th century. Della Francesca's 'Christ' is also featured on the town's coat of arms.[4]
- ^ The residenza was returned by Florentine authorities to the citizens of Sansepolcro, Tuscany, in 1459 as a sign of the restoration of some measure of autonomy to the Borgo. Dates as given in Aronberg Lavin, Marilyn (2002). Piero della Francesca. Phaidon. pp. 234ff. ISBN 978-0714838526.
a document of 1474 concerning structural repairs to the building mentions the painting
- ^ Andrew Graham-Dixon. "ITP 157: The Resurrection by Piero della Francesca".
- ^ When the fresco was moved, an inscription was lost. Aronberg Lavin 2002, p. 241.
- ^ A chunk of stone can be seen in the lower right hand of the fresco, "and thus we are told to recognize this stone as the founding relic carried here from the Holy Land by Saints Arcano and Egidio". Aronberg Lavin 2002, p. 243.