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PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA: Portraits of Federico da Montefeltro and His Wife Battista Sforza

🖼 Portraits of Federico da Montefeltro and His Wife Battista Sforza, 1473-75
Oil on wood (each)
47 × 33 cm
Florence, Italy

Rendered in precise Renaissance profile, two noble figures face opposite directions against a distant, luminous landscape. Their geometric perfection and the wife's elaborate jeweled headdress showcase Piero's mathematical mastery, establishing the portrait diptych format that defined courtly representation across Renaissance Italy.

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E. H. Gombrich
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