Where can you see Piero della Francesca in Florence?

At the Uffizi Gallery: The Duke and Duchess of Urbino. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Piero della Francesca's most famous work in Florence?

The Duke and Duchess of Urbino, of about 1473 to 1475, at the Uffizi Gallery. Federico da Montefeltro and his wife Battista Sforza in strict profile, with the hills of their state running to the horizon behind them. On the back each rides in a triumphal cart.

When and where was Piero della Francesca born?

About 1415, at Borgo San Sepolcro, Tuscany. Piero della Francesca died on 12 October 1492, at Borgo San Sepolcro, aged about 77.

What is Piero della Francesca known for?

Painted the Duke and Duchess of Urbino about 1473 to 1475. The Duke is shown from the left because he had lost his right eye in a tournament. Both panels are painted on the back as well. Piero della Francesca was an Italian painter, of the Early Renaissance.

Painter, 1415 to 1492

Piero della Francesca

Piero worked in Florence as a young man and almost everywhere else afterwards. The double portrait in the Uffizi came from Urbino with the Medici inheritance.

Born: 1415, Borgo San Sepolcro, Tuscany
Died: 1492, Borgo San Sepolcro
Movement: Early Renaissance
In Florence: 1 work in 1 museum

Where to see Piero della Francesca in Florence

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Uffizi Gallery1 work

The Duke and Duchess of Urbino
about 1473 to 1475
Federico da Montefeltro and his wife Battista Sforza in strict profile, with the hills of their state running to the horizon behind them. On the back each rides in a triumphal cart.

The life of Piero della Francesca

Piero was born in the small town of Borgo San Sepolcro, the son of a leather merchant, and worked for the courts of Rimini, Ferrara and Urbino and for the pope in Rome. He was a mathematician as well as a painter, and wrote treatises on perspective and on the geometry of solids.

The Baptism was the centre of an altarpiece for a church in his home town. The National Gallery bought it in 1861, when few people knew his name.

What to know

Painted the Duke and Duchess of Urbino about 1473 to 1475
The Duke is shown from the left because he had lost his right eye in a tournament
Both panels are painted on the back as well

Born: About 1415, Borgo San Sepolcro, Tuscany
Died: 12 October 1492, Borgo San Sepolcro

Piero della Francesca: common questions

Where can you see Piero della Francesca in Florence?: At the Uffizi Gallery: The Duke and Duchess of Urbino. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Piero della Francesca's most famous work in Florence?: The Duke and Duchess of Urbino, of about 1473 to 1475, at the Uffizi Gallery. Federico da Montefeltro and his wife Battista Sforza in strict profile, with the hills of their state running to the horizon behind them. On the back each rides in a triumphal cart.
When and where was Piero della Francesca born?: About 1415, at Borgo San Sepolcro, Tuscany. Piero della Francesca died on 12 October 1492, at Borgo San Sepolcro, aged about 77.
What is Piero della Francesca known for?: Painted the Duke and Duchess of Urbino about 1473 to 1475. The Duke is shown from the left because he had lost his right eye in a tournament. Both panels are painted on the back as well. Piero della Francesca was an Italian painter, of the Early Renaissance.