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Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes by Piero della Francesca, ca. 1466
PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA (b. 1416, Borgo San Sepolcro, d. 1492, Borgo San Sepolcro)
8. Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes
1452-66
Fresco in San Francesco, Arezzo
In the year 615, the Persian King Chosroes steals the True Cross, 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.
Source: Web Gallery of Art
