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

8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)

1452-66
Fresco
San Francesco, Arezzo

To the right are the flags of the defeated enemy: a black one with yellow decorations, limply hanging down; another torn one with moor's heads, and a third one with a white ground and three six-pointed stars and the Turkish crescent moon.




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