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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Italian renaissance fresco ‘must be put among 3,000 graves’

The painting showing Mary in a blue robe
The Madonna del Parto, by Piero della Francesca, depicts a pregnant Virgin Mary. Photograph: Ivan Vdovin/Alamy

A 30-year dispute over a fresco by the Renaissance master Piero della Francesca shows no sign of waning after an Italian court ruled that it must be returned to where it was originally painted, even though that location now predominantly serves as a cemetery.

The Madonna del Parto depicts a pregnant Virgin Mary and is considered one of the greatest works from the Renaissance period.

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