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The Brera Madonna (also known as the Pala di Brera the Montefeltro Altarpiece or Brera Altarpiece) is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Piero della Francesca executed in 1472-1474. It is housed in the Pinacoteca di Brera of Milan where it was deposited by Napoleon.The work of a type known as a sacra conversazione was commissioned by Federico III da Montefeltro Duke of Urbino to celebrate the birth of Federico’s son Guidobaldo.