Three Incidents from the Battle of San Romano
by Paolo UCCELLO

The three panels, listed in the Medici Inventory of 1492 and now in the National Gallery, London, Musée du Louvre, Paris, and Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, commemorate the celebrated Battle of San Romano in which the Florentines, under the leadership of Niccolò da Tolentino, defeated the Sienese led by Bernardino della Ciarda. They were intended as decoration for the large hall on the ground floor of the Medici Palace, called Lorenzo's room. According to the reconstruction, the London and the Florence paintings were placed on the end wall, with the Paris one on the righthand wall, at right angles to the Florence panel. The date of the panels is disputed.


Preview Picture Data Info
Niccolò da Tolentino Leads the Florentine Troops
1450s
Tempera on wood, 182 x 320 cm
National Gallery, London


Niccolò da Tolentino Leads the Florentine Troops (detail)
1450s
Tempera on wood
National Gallery, London


Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown off his Horse
1450s
Tempera on wood, 182 x 323 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence


Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown off his Horse (detail)
1450s
Tempera on wood
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence


Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown off his Horse (detail)
1450s
Tempera on wood
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence


Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown off his Horse (detail)
1450s
Tempera on wood
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence


Micheletto da Cotignola Engages in Battle
1450s
Tempera on wood, 180 x 316 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris


Micheletto da Cotignola Engages in Battle (detail)
1450s
Tempera on wood
Musée du Louvre, Paris



Summary of paintings by Paolo Uccello
Green Cloister | Prato | Florence Cathedral
Battle of San Romano | Desecrated host | Various



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