Brera Madonna
Piero della Francesca · 1472
The story
The Brera Madonna (also known as the Pala di Brera, the Montefeltro Altarpiece or Brera Altarpiece) is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Piero della Francesca, executed in 1472–1474. It is housed in the Pinacoteca di Brera of Milan, where it was deposited by Napoleon.
The work, of a type known as a sacra conversazione, was commissioned by Federico III da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, to celebrate the birth of Federico's son, Guidobaldo. According to other sources, it would celebrate his conquest of several castles in the Maremma.
- Artist
- Piero della Francesca
- Date
- 1472
- Collection
- Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy
- Movement
- Early Renaissance
- Medium
- tempera, oil paint, panel
- Size
- 248 × 170 cm
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