# Madonna del Parto [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PIERO della FRANCESCA]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Detached fresco, 260 x 203 cm ## Commentary PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA \(b. 1416, Borgo San Sepolcro, d. 1492, Borgo San Sepolcro\) Madonna del Parto 1467 Detached fresco, 260 x 203 cm Chapel of the cemetery, Monterchi \(Arezzo\) The figure of this Madonna, the protector of pregnant women, with her austere expression and natural stance of a woman heavy with child, stands out against the damask canopy, held open at the sides by two angels. The sacred and ritual nature of the image is further emphasized by the fact that the angels are drawn from the same cartoon, repeated in mirror image. ## Related artworks - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()