# 7a. Finding of the True Cross [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PIERO della FRANCESCA]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA \(b. 1416, Borgo San Sepolcro, d. 1492, Borgo San Sepolcro\) 7a. Finding of the True Cross 1452-66 Fresco San Francesco, Arezzo Here we see Helena in a mountainous landscape, a view of the city of Arezzo in the background, as one cross is being lifted up out of the ground. Judas, wearing a red hat, stands next to her, pointing at the other cross just coming to light. One man in the foreground is still standing waist-deep in the hole; three others, carrying axes and shovels, stand next to the first cross to have emerged. According to the legend, Helena has all three of the excavated crosses brought to the city, for she has no idea which of them is the cross of Christ. ## 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]()