Saint Augustine Altarpiece (Piero della Francesca)
Altarpiece by Piero della Francesca / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Saint Augustine Altarpiece (Piero della Francesca)?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
The Saint Augustine Altarpiece was a mixed-technique 1454–1469 panel altarpiece by Piero della Francesca, now split up and dispersed. It is thought that it contained thirty panels, of which only eight are known to survive, divided between five museums in four countries.[1]
It was commissioned for what was then the church of Sant'Agostino (now renamed) in Piero's home town of Sansepolcro. The altarpiece reused an older Gothic framework, but was adapted so that the picture space of the main tier was continuous. The smaller panels use the older style of gold ground painting.
The altarpiece seems to have been broken up by the early 17th century, one panel being recorded in a collection in 1608.[2] In 2024 all the panels known to survive were reunited, for the first time since at least the 19th century, at an exhibition in the Museo Poldi Pezzoli in Milan, running until 24 June. This was largely possible because of the closure for renovation of the Frick Collection in New York; this has four of the eight survivals.[3]