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 (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Battle of San Romano canonical | 3 |
| Battle of San Romano | 2 |
| La Battaglia di San Romano | 1 |
| The Battle of San Romano (Florence panel) | 1 |
| The Battle of San Romano (Paris panel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Battle of San Romano Context triple: [Paolo Uccello, notableWork, The Battle of San Romano]
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A.
Battle of Campo Santo
The Battle of Campo Santo was an engagement of the War of the Austrian Succession (1743) in which Spanish and allied forces clashed with Austrian and Sardinian troops in northern Italy.
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B.
Battle of San Pietro Infine
The Battle of San Pietro Infine was a hard-fought World War II engagement in late 1943 in southern Italy, where Allied forces struggled to break through German defensive positions in the mountainous terrain of the Winter Line.
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C.
Battle of Castelnuovo
The Battle of Castelnuovo was a World War II engagement in Italy in which the Brazilian Expeditionary Force fought as part of the Allied campaign against German forces.
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D.
Battle of Monte Castello
The Battle of Monte Castello was a key World War II engagement in the Italian Campaign where Allied forces, including the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, fought to seize a strategic mountain position from German troops.
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E.
Battle of Olivento
The Battle of Olivento was an 11th-century clash in southern Italy in which Norman forces defeated a Byzantine-led army, helping to establish Norman dominance in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Battle of San Romano Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Battle of Campo Santo
The Battle of Campo Santo was an engagement of the War of the Austrian Succession (1743) in which Spanish and allied forces clashed with Austrian and Sardinian troops in northern Italy.
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B.
Battle of San Pietro Infine
The Battle of San Pietro Infine was a hard-fought World War II engagement in late 1943 in southern Italy, where Allied forces struggled to break through German defensive positions in the mountainous terrain of the Winter Line.
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C.
Battle of Castelnuovo
The Battle of Castelnuovo was a World War II engagement in Italy in which the Brazilian Expeditionary Force fought as part of the Allied campaign against German forces.
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D.
Battle of Monte Castello
The Battle of Monte Castello was a key World War II engagement in the Italian Campaign where Allied forces, including the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, fought to seize a strategic mountain position from German troops.
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E.
Battle of Olivento
The Battle of Olivento was an 11th-century clash in southern Italy in which Norman forces defeated a Byzantine-led army, helping to establish Norman dominance in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting series ⓘ |
| artist | Paolo Uccello ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
| culture | Florentine ⓘ |
| currentLocation |
Musée du Louvre, Paris
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linked to:
Louvre Museum
National Gallery, London ⓘ
linked to:
National Gallery
Uffizi Gallery, Florence ⓘ
linked to:
Uffizi Gallery
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| depicts |
Battle of San Romano
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linked to:
The Battle of San Romano
Bernardino della Ciarda ⓘ Florentine military victory ⓘ Michelotto da Cotignola ⓘ Niccolò da Tolentino ⓘ armored cavalry ⓘ battlefield landscape ⓘ |
| genre | history painting ⓘ |
| inception |
1430s
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c. 1435 ⓘ |
| inCollection |
Louvre collection
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linked to:
Louvre Museum
National Gallery collection ⓘ Uffizi collection ⓘ
linked to:
Uffizi Gallery
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| languageOfTitle | Italian ⓘ |
| laterOwner | Medici family ⓘ |
| locationOfEventDepicted |
San Romano, Tuscany
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linked to:
San Romano in Garfagnana
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| materialUsed |
gold leaf
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silver leaf ⓘ tempera ⓘ |
| movement | Early Renaissance ⓘ |
| notableFor |
courtly, chivalric interpretation of warfare
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fragmentary survival of a once unified decorative cycle ⓘ |
| numberOfWorks | 3 ⓘ |
| originalLocation | Florence ⓘ |
| originallyCommissionedBy | Lionardo Bartolini Salimbeni ⓘ |
| 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
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linked to:
The Battle of San Romano
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Referenced by (8)
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linked to: The Battle of San Romano
linked to: The Battle of San Romano
subject linked to:
The Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello
linked to: The Battle of San Romano
linked to: The Battle of San Romano
linked to: The Battle of San Romano