7. Finding and Recognition of the True Cross
Legend of the True Cross by Piero della Francesca

Judas is tortured in a well and confesses that he knows the temple where the three crosses of Calvary are hidden. Helena orders that the temple be destroyed; the three crosses are found and the True Cross is recognized because it causes the miraculous resurrection of a dead youth.

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7. Finding and Recognition of the True Cross
1452-66
Fresco, 356 x 747 cm
San Francesco, Arezzo


7a. Finding of the True Cross
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


7a. Finding of the True Cross (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


7a. Finding of the True Cross (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


7a. Finding of the True Cross (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


7a. Finding of the True Cross (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


7a. Finding of the True Cross (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


7a. Finding of the True Cross (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


7a. Finding of the True Cross (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


7b. Recognition of the True Cross
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


7b. Recognition of the True Cross (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


7b. Recognition of the True Cross (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


7b. Recognition of the True Cross (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


7b. Recognition of the True Cross (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


7b. Recognition of the True Cross (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


7b. Recognition of the True Cross (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


7b. Recognition of the True Cross (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo


7b. Recognition of the True Cross (detail)
1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo



Legend of the True Cross
1. Death of Adam
2. Procession of the Queen of Sheba; Meeting between the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon
3. Burial of the Holy Wood
4. Vision of Constantine
5. Constantine's Victory over Maxentius
6. Torture of the Jew
7. Finding and Recognition of the True Cross
8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes
9. Exaltation of the Cross
Annunciation
Other paintings in the Cappella Maggiore
Restoration of the fresco cycle
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