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Legend of the True Cross (fresco cycle in Arezzo): 8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes
Legend of the True Cross (fresco cycle in Arezzo)
COMMENTARY
In the year 615, the Persian King Chosroes steals the wood, setting it up as an object of worship. The Eastern Emperor Heraclius wages war on the Persian King and, having defeated him, returns to Jerusalem with the Holy Wood.
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8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes
PIERO della FRANCESCA
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8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
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8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
PIERO della FRANCESCA
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8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
PIERO della FRANCESCA
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8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
PIERO della FRANCESCA
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8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
PIERO della FRANCESCA
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8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
PIERO della FRANCESCA
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8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
PIERO della FRANCESCA
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8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
PIERO della FRANCESCA
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8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
PIERO della FRANCESCA
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8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes (detail)
PIERO della FRANCESCA
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