RUSTICI, Giovanni Francesco
(b. 1475, Firenze, d. 1554, Tours)

Battle

1510s
Terracotta
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

Vasari recorded that Rustici modelled in terracotta some groups of horses with men on or under them, and several survive (Bargello and Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; Louvre, Paris). They recall studies made by Leonardo da Vinci for his fresco of the Battle of Anghiari; some have scowling faces that closely reflect his studies of faces distorted by the rage of battle.




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