# St Sigismund and Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PIERO della FRANCESCA]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Fresco, 257 x 345 cm ## Commentary PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA \(b. 1416, Borgo San Sepolcro, d. 1492, Borgo San Sepolcro\) St Sigismund and Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta 1451 Fresco, 257 x 345 cm Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini Piero was favoured by some of the smaller city-states like Urbino and Rimini in central Italy. For Sigismondo Malatesta, the lord of Rimini, he painted this devotional subject in the family's church known as the Tempio Malatestiano. This building was completely remodeled by one of the great architects and theoreticians of the Renaissance, Leon Battista Alberti, who almost certainly had contact with Piero during the years their careers overlapped in Rimini, Urbino, and Rome. This fresco has suffered severely over time and can only be read in its basic outline. The young prince is kneeling in profile before his patron saint, the old bearded Sigismund, whose placement is not strictly frontal, as might be expected. St Sigismund bears a resemblance to the recently deceased Holy Roman Emperor by that name, which may add another layer of meaning to this work. ## 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]()