Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Naval Battle of Punta San Salvatore
Alternate Title:
Battaglia navale di Punta San Salvatore
Image View:
Teaming rows of men of ships fight at the railings, Venetians to the left, Germans to the right
Creator:
Spinello Aretino (Italian painter, ca. 1350-1410)
Location:
repository: Palazzo Pubblico (Siena, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Sala di Balìa
GPS:
43.318333 11.331389
Date:
1408 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Late Gothic
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Subjects:
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
Description:
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.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-ARET-PP-NB-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Naval Battle of Punta San Salvatore