Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Battle of San Romano
Alternate Title:
Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown Off His Horse
Image View:
Detail, foreshortened horses from the rear, one kicking out with both legs
Creator:
Paolo Uccello (Italian painter, 1397-1475)
Location:
repository: Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 1890 no. 479
Location Note:
Piazzale degli Uffizi
GPS:
43.768639 11.255214
Date:
ca. 1450-1455 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
tempera paint on wood panel
Technique:
painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
182 cm (height) x 220 cm (width)
Subjects:
historical; military or war; Medici family; horses; Early Renaissance
Description:
This is the central panel of the three paintings representing the battle won by Florence against Siena allied with Visconti, the ruling family of Milan. It took place on June 1st 1432 in San Romano, half way between Florence and Pisa. The picture shows the conclusive combat between the captains of the two armies: Niccolò da Tolentino unseating Bernardino della Ciarda. The panels were first recorded in a Medici inventory of 1492 and evidently formed part of a decorative scheme in the newly built Palazzo Medici in Florence. They are usually dated to the mid-1450s. They show the fairytale atmosphere typical of the International Gothic, but also an emphasis on mathematical perspective, characteristic of the Renaissance. The other two panels are now in National Gallery, London and the Louvre, Paris. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-UCCELLO-UG-BSR-A 07
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Battle of San Romano