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PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA (b. 1416, Borgo San Sepolcro, d. 1492, Borgo San Sepolcro) |
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10. Annunciation (detail)1452-66Fresco San Francesco, Arezzo | |
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From up in heaven the Eternal Father, seen in half-length, stretches out his arms sending down the Holy Spirit in the form of golden rays of light. The Lord is represented as a good, white-haired old man, similar to King Chosroes: the head, in fact, was made using the same cartoon. | |
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