🕊️ Faith & Scripture
Polyptych of the Misericordia
Piero della Francesca · 1460
Why it's great
Mary spreads her wide cloak to shelter a group of people kneeling under it, in a many-paneled altarpiece. Piero della Francesca painted it in about 1460, and the people under her cloak are the townspeople who paid for it.
Where to see it
📍 SansepolcroProvince of Arezzo, Italy
Open in Maps ↗Hang it on your wall
⬇ Hi-res download
1,200 × 1,064 px · 1.3 megapixels
This is the largest scan on Wikimedia Commons, which is fairly small for a big print. The museum that owns it may offer a larger one.
File page & license ↗
Three places to look for a print of this painting, from budget to museum-grade:
💵 Budget
Etsy ↗
Posters and simple prints from small sellers, usually the lowest prices.
🖼️ Mid-range
Fine Art America ↗
Good printing on paper, canvas or metal, made to order, with framing options.
🏛️ High-end
Meisterdrucke ↗
Museum-grade giclée prints on archival paper or canvas, the closest to the real thing.
These links open search results on each shop's own website; we don't sell anything or earn a commission, and print quality varies by seller. Ask a grown-up before you buy anything.
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Piero della Francesca was an Italian painter and mathematician, born in about 1415 in Sansepolcro. His calm, still pictures use geometry and clear light, with smooth, solid figures. He died in 1492.
