And here is my sketch of the visiting angels
found in
The Nativity
circa 1460
Piero della Francesco
B 1416 D 1492
On loan from the National Gallery, London
This was
most probably his last work and it might be unfinished at that. Also,
some damage may have occurred during a cleaning in the 19th century.
Here
places Jesus in humble surroundings and includes both a landscape and cityscape
in the back ground. It sits in great contrast to Lorenzo Monaco's Adoration of
the Magi in 1422, where opulence was the order of the day.
This
painting was completed decades later and you can a new style emerging.
Here is a wonderful write up on this painting
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