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

3. Burial of the Holy Wood (detail)

1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo

The pose of one of the men struggling to lift the wood is reminiscent, perhaps intentionally, of that of Christ suffering under the weight of the cross.




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