Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Naval Battle of Punta San Salvatore
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Naval Battle of Punta San Salvatore
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Alternate Title:
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Battaglia navale di Punta San Salvatore
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Image View:
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Detail, the Germans with yellow and black eagle insignia of the Holy Roman Empire
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Creator:
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Spinello Aretino (Italian painter, ca. 1350-1410)
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Location:
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repository: Palazzo Pubblico (Siena, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Sala di Balìa
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GPS:
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+43.318333+11.331389
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Date:
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1408 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Fifteenth century; Late Gothic
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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pigment on plaster
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
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Subjects:
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cycles or series; military or war; rulers and leaders; seascape; Alexander III, Pope, -1181; Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, approximately 1123-1190; Sienese; Republic of Siena
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Description:
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In 1407-1408 Spinello was employed alongside Taddeo di Bartolo and Martino di Bartolomeo (died 1435) to decorate state rooms in the Palazzo Pubblico, Siena. He was the first non-Sienese painter to work there. The scenes from the Life of Pope Alexander III (reigned 1159-1181) in the Sala di Balia are political in content and were painted during and just after a visit to Siena by Pope Gregory XII (reigned 1406-1415). The cycle was a reminder to the current pope of a great Sienese pope who, with the Lombard League, had defeated Frederick I Barbarossa, leading to the Peace of Venice, 1177. The naval battle between the Italians (Venetians) and Germans occurred off the coast of Sicily. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-ARET-PP-NB-A08
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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