Piero della Francesca’s Augustinian altarpiece reassembled after 450 years

Piero della Francesca’s Augustinian altarpiece reassembled after 450 years

Eight known components of artwork were housed in five different museums in Europe and the US before being reunited in Milan

Eight surviving panels of Piero della Francesca’s Augustinian altarpiece have been reassembled after 450 years, possibly solving one of its enduring mysteries.

The celebrated polyptych was created by the early Italian Renaissance master specifically for the church of the Augustinians at Borgo San Sepolcro (now Sansepolcro) in his home town near Arezzo and was comprised of 30 panels, the majority of which have gone missing.

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