The Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello

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The Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello is a celebrated early Renaissance panel painting depicting a 15th-century Florentine military victory, renowned for its innovative use of perspective and dynamic, stylized combat scenes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
panel painting
artHistoricalPeriod Quattrocento
artist Paolo Uccello
commissionedBy Lionardo Bartolini Salimbeni
countryOfOrigin Italy
creator Paolo Uccello
culture Florentine
currentCity Florence
London
linked to: London, England

Paris
depicts Battle of San Romano
Florentine victory over Siena
Niccolò da Tolentino
armoured knights
broken lances
condottieri
fallen soldiers
horses in battle
genre history painting
hasPart Niccolò da Tolentino at the Battle of San Romano
The Counterattack of Michelotto da Cotignola
The Disarray of the Sienese at San Romano
height approximately 182 cm (London panel)
inception c. 1435
c. 1438
c. 1440
influenced later Renaissance perspective practice
influencedBy International Gothic style
laterOwnedBy Medici family
location Musée du Louvre, Paris
linked to: Louvre Museum

National Gallery, London
linked to: National Gallery

Uffizi Gallery, Florence
linked to: Uffizi Gallery
materialUsed gold leaf
tempera
movement Early Renaissance
museumAccessionNumber NG583 (London panel)
notableFor dynamic composition
foreshortened forms
innovative use of linear perspective
stylized representation of combat
originalLanguage Italian
partOf The Battle of San Romano triptych
setInPlace San Romano, Tuscany
setInTime 1432
support wooden panel
width approximately 316 cm (London panel)

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Wallace Collection notableWorkHeld The Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello
Paolo Uccello notableWork The Battle of San Romano (London panel)
linked to: The Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello