'Early Italian Renaissance' painter, a mathematician, and a geometer, Piero Della Francesca (1415 - October 12, 1492) was one of the greatest painters in the twentieth century. His disciplined, yet serene outlook towards life influenced his art too. Piero was well known for many of his works.
Presently housed in the National Gallery, London, his most famous painting was "The Baptism of Christ," created during 1448-50. It was commissioned for the Priory of San Giovanni in Sansepolcro, as a part of a triptych. Though throughout his career, Francesca worked in various towns, he however always retained his link with his hometown, Sansepolcro, Italy, which is evident even in the painting "The Baptism of Christ," as its background landscape.
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