The Battle of San Romano
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The Battle of San Romano is a famous series of three 15th-century paintings by Paolo Uccello depicting a Florentine military victory with pioneering use of linear perspective and dynamic, stylized combat scenes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Battle of San Romano canonical | 1 |
| The Battle of San Romano (Florence panel) | 1 |
| The Battle of San Romano (Paris panel) | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting series ⓘ |
| artist | Paolo Uccello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticFeature |
careful geometric construction
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dynamic, stylized combat scenes ⓘ flattened, decorative space ⓘ foreshortened lances and weapons ⓘ pioneering use of linear perspective ⓘ use of bright, enamel-like colors ⓘ use of perspective grids implied by fallen lances ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Paolo Uccello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Florentine ⓘ |
| currentLocation |
Musée du Louvre, Paris
NERFINISHED
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National Gallery, London NERFINISHED ⓘ Uffizi Gallery, Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Battle of San Romano
NERFINISHED
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Bernardino della Ciarda NERFINISHED ⓘ Florentine military victory ⓘ Michelotto da Cotignola NERFINISHED ⓘ Niccolò da Tolentino NERFINISHED ⓘ armored cavalry ⓘ battlefield landscape ⓘ |
| genre | history painting ⓘ |
| inception |
1430s
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c. 1435 ⓘ |
| inCollection |
Louvre collection
NERFINISHED
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National Gallery collection ⓘ Uffizi collection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Italian ⓘ |
| laterOwner | Medici family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfEventDepicted | San Romano, Tuscany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
gold leaf
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silver leaf ⓘ tempera ⓘ |
| movement | Early Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
courtly, chivalric interpretation of warfare
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fragmentary survival of a once unified decorative cycle ⓘ |
| numberOfWorks | 3 ⓘ |
| originalLocation | Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originallyCommissionedBy | Lionardo Bartolini Salimbeni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| part |
Niccolò da Tolentino at the Battle of San Romano
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Niccolò da Tolentino unseats Bernardino della Ciarda at the Battle of San Romano ⓘ The Counterattack of Michelotto da Cotignola at the Battle of San Romano ⓘ |
| significantInArtHistory |
development of linear perspective in Florence
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transition from Gothic to Renaissance style ⓘ |
| support | wooden panel ⓘ |
| timeOfEventDepicted | 1432 ⓘ |
| titleInItalian | La Battaglia di San Romano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Battle of San Romano (Florence panel)
this entity surface form:
The Battle of San Romano (Paris panel)