Milan exhibit sheds new light on Renaissance altarpiece, reuniting far-flung panels after centuries

An unprecedented exhibition opening Wednesday at the Poldi Pezzoli Museum in Milan reunites for the first time in over 450 years eight surviving panels of the Augustinian Altarpiece by the early Italian Renaissance master Piero della Francesca, while possibly solving one of its enduring mysteries.

have tried and failed in the past to assemble the remaining eight panels, spread among five museums in Europe and the , of the original 30-piece polyptych. They include the