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ID: 500006339
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500006339
 
Record Type: Person
Piero, della Francesca, 1416?-1492 (Italian painter, ca. 1415-1492)

Note: One of the most important artists of the early Italian Renaissance. Piero's work is characterized by a rational, calm, monumental painting style, that was important in the Italian early Renaissance, an age in which art and science were linked through the writings of Leon Battista Alberti and others. He used the rules of perspective and ideal figures composed of geometric forms to create narrative and devotional paintings, especially in fresco. Italian painter. Comment on works: religious

Names:
Piero della Francesca (preferred,V,display,Dutch-P,NA)
Francesca, Piero della (V)
Della Francesca, Piero (V)
Piero de' Franceschi (V)
Dei Franceschi, Piero (V)
Piero dei Franceschi (V)
Pietro di Benedetto di Pietro della Francesca (V)
Piero Della Francesca (V)
Dei Franceschi (V)
Piero, della Francesca (V)
della Francesca Piero (V)
Franceschi, Pietro di Benedetto dei (V)
Dei Franceschi, Pietro (U)
Piero (U,LC)
P'ero (U)
Franceschi, Pietro dei (U)
Pietro di Benedetto di Pietro de' Franceschi (U)
Piero, della Francesca, 1416?-1492 (U,index,LC,English-P,NA,U)
della Francesca Piero 1416?-1492 (U)
Dei Franceschi, Pietro, 1416?-1492 (U)

Nationalities:
Italian (preferred)
Austrian

Roles:
artist (preferred)
painter
fresco painter
theorist
history artist
mathematician
art theorist

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Sansepolcro (Arezzo province, Tuscany, Italy) (inhabited place)
Died:  Sansepolcro (Arezzo province, Tuscany, Italy) (inhabited place)

Events:
active:  

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
apprentice of ....  Domenico Veneziano  
........................  (Italian painter, ca.1400-1461) [500030200]
influenced ....  Melozzo da Forlì  
....................  (Italian painter, 1438-1494) [500020519]
teacher of ....  Signorelli, Luca  
..................  (Italian painter and draftsman, ca. 1441 or 1450-1523) [500003947]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Piero, della Francesca, 1416?-1492 (I)

Biographies:
(Italian painter, ca. 1415-1492) ..... [VP Preferred]
(Italian painter, 1415-1492) ..... [Grove Art]
(Italian fresco painter, 1412-1492) ..... [RKD]
(artist) ..... [Belvedere]
(artist, probably Austrian) ..... [Belvedere]
(Unknown artist) ..... [GRISC]
(Italian artist) ..... [PROV]
(Italian artist, ca.1420-1492) ..... [PROV]
(painter, 1416-1492) ..... [GRL]
(artist, 1416?-1492) ..... [GRL]
(Italian painter and theorist, ca.1420-1492) ..... [BHA]
(Italian painter, probably born 1416) ..... [AVERY]
(Italian artist, active 1416, died 1492) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(Italian artist, p.1416-1492) ..... [WCP]
(Italian painter, ca.1420-1492) ..... [PROV]
(Italian, d.1492) ..... [PHOA]
(Italian painter, ca.1420-1492) ..... [BHA]
(Painter, post 1415-1492) ..... [CENSUS]

Additional Names:
Francesca, Piero della, 1416?-1492 (U)
Franceschi, Pietro dei, 1416?-1492 (U)
Franceschi, Pietro di Benedetto dei, 1416?-1492 (U)
P'ero, della Francheska, 1416?-1492 (U)
Pietro, dei Franceschi, 1416?-1492 (U)
Francesca, Piero de la (U)
Franceschi, Piero dei (U)
Piero Borghiese (U)
Piero di Benedetto di Piero Franceschi da Sansepolcro (U)
Pietro di Benedetto dei Franceschi (U)
Pietro Franceschi di Benedetto (U)
Franceschi, Piero de (U)
Piero de Franceschi (U)
Piero della Francesco (LU,V)
P. della Francesca (LU,U)
Pietro della Francesca (LU,U)

Sources and Contributors:
Dei Franceschi ........ [WL-Courtauld]
..............................  Witt Library, Authority files
Dei Franceschi, Piero ........ [CENSUS]
...........................................  Census of Antique Art and Architecture Known to the Renaissance database (1980-)
Dei Franceschi, Pietro ........ [GRL]
.............................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 50072224
Dei Franceschi, Pietro, 1416?-1492 ........ [GRL]
...................................................................  GRIL NACO contribution (n.d.)
...................................................................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Della Francesca, Piero ........ [CENSUS Preferred, GRISC]
.............................................  Census of Antique Art and Architecture Known to the Renaissance database (1980-)
.............................................  M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
della Francesca Piero ........ [AVERY, VP]
..........................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
della Francesca Piero 1416?-1492 ........ [GRL, VP]
..............................................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..............................................................  GRIL NACO contribution (n.d.)
Francesca, Piero de la ........ [RKD]
..........................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 63396
Francesca, Piero della ........ [AVERY, GRL, RKD, VP]
............................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
............................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
............................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 50072224
............................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 63396
Francesca, Piero della, 1416?-1492 ........ [GRL]
..................................................................  GRIL NACO contribution (n.d.)
..................................................................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Franceschi, Piero de ........ [Belvedere Preferred]
........................................  Archiv des Belvedere database: Künstlerdokumentation (n.d.) 19003
Franceschi, Piero dei ........ [RKD]
..........................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 63396
Franceschi, Pietro dei ........ [GRL]
............................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 50072224
Franceschi, Pietro dei, 1416?-1492 ........ [GRL]
..................................................................  GRIL NACO contribution (n.d.)
..................................................................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Franceschi, Pietro di Benedetto dei ........ [AVERY, GRL]
...................................................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
...................................................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 50072224
Franceschi, Pietro di Benedetto dei, 1416?-1492 ........ [GRL]
.........................................................................................  GRIL NACO contribution (n.d.)
.........................................................................................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
P. della Francesca ........ [PROV]
....................................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
P'ero ........ [GRL]
.............  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 50072224
P'ero, della Francheska, 1416?-1492 ........ [GRL]
....................................................................  GRIL NACO contribution (n.d.)
....................................................................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Piero ........ [GRL Preferred]
.............  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 50072224
Piero Borghiese ........ [RKD]
................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 63396
Piero de' Franceschi ........ [Grove Art, VP]
........................................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
........................................  Grove Art Online (2008-) accessed 25 April 2013
........................................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 11 Feb 2003
Piero de Franceschi ........ [Belvedere, VP]
......................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Piero dei Franceschi ........ [RKD, WCP Preferred]
........................................  Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
........................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 63396
Piero della Francesca ........ [BHA Preferred, GRISC Preferred, GRLPA Preferred, Grove Art Preferred, PROV, RKD Preferred, VP Preferred]
..........................................  Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
..........................................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
..........................................  Grove Art Online (2008-) accessed 25 April 2013
..........................................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 11 Feb 2003
..........................................  M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
..........................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 63396
Piero Della Francesca ........ [PROV Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
...........................................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
...........................................  Witt Library, Authority files
Piero, della Francesca ........ [AVERY Preferred]
............................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
Piero, della Francesca, 1416?-1492 ........ [GRL]
..................................................................  GRIL NACO contribution (n.d.)
..................................................................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Piero della Francesco ........ [PROV]
..........................................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
..........................................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Piero di Benedetto di Piero Franceschi da Sansepolcro ........ [RKD]
...................................................................................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 63396
Pietro, dei Franceschi, 1416?-1492 ........ [GRL]
..................................................................  GRIL NACO contribution (n.d.)
..................................................................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Pietro della Francesca ........ [PROV]
............................................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Pietro di Benedetto dei Franceschi ........ [RKD]
.................................................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 63396
Pietro di Benedetto di Pietro de' Franceschi ........ [Grove Art, VP]
..................................................................................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
..................................................................................  Grove Art Online (2008-) accessed 25 April 2013
Pietro di Benedetto di Pietro della Francesca ........ [Grove Art, VP]
....................................................................................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................................................................................  Grove Art Online (2008-) accessed 25 April 2013
....................................................................................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 11 Feb 2003
Pietro Franceschi di Benedetto ........ [RKD]
...........................................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 63396

Subject: ........ [AVERY, Belvedere, BHA, CENSUS, GRISC, GRL, GRLPA, Grove Art, PROV, RKD, VP, WCP, WL-Courtauld]
....................  Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon online, viewed April 23, 2013 (Piero della Francesca; Thieme-Becker name: Franceschi, Piero dei; variants: Piero de la Francesca, Piero di Benedetto di Piero Franceschi da Sansepolcro, Piero di Benedetto di Pietro, Pietro di Benedetto dei Franceschi; born 1410/1420, 1416/1417, after 1416 in Sansepolcro, Italy; died before October 12, 1492 in Sansepolcro; painter and art author; active in Florence, Rimini, Arezzo, Sansepolcro and Perugia)
....................  Archiv des Belvedere database: Künstlerdokumentation (n.d.) 19003
....................  Carminati, M. Piero della Francesca, c2003: page 158 (born Borgo San Sepolcro (now Sansepolcro) ca. 1412 or 13; died Oct. 12, 1492)
....................  Census of Antique Art and Architecture Known to the Renaissance database (1980-)
....................  Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
....................  Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (1949-1951) (Piero della Francesca)
....................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
....................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
....................  GEV (Piero della Francesca ... deriva il suo nome da una storpiatura antica del patronimico originale)
....................  GRIL NACO contribution (n.d.)
....................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................  Grove Art Online (2008-) accessed 25 April 2013
....................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 11 Feb 2003
....................  Guillaud, J. Piero della Francesca, poet of form, 1988: CIP info. (born 1415)
....................  LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.)
....................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50072224
....................  M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
....................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
....................  RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
....................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 63396
....................  Wikidata online (2000-) Q5822
....................  Witt Library, Authority files
 
Note:
English .......... [AVERY, PROV, VP]
.......... Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 20 November 2002
.......... LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
.......... Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
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