PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA
(b. 1416, Borgo San Sepolcro, d. 1492, Borgo San Sepolcro)

1. Death of Adam (detail)

1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo

A youthful couple also appears in the scene: a nude man seen from the back, leaning on his staff, and a young woman in a hair shirt, standing behind Adam and turned frontally toward the viewer.




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