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Date : approx. between 1438 and 1440
Sizes : 3.2 m x 1.82 m
Material : Oil painting and tempera on wood
Acquisition : Purchase (1857)
| The Battle of San Romano
Item 2 on 13
Italian Painting
Painting
Area related
Florence (Italy)
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The Battle of San Romano was a skirmish which took place between the Florentines and Sienese in 1432. The victorious Florentines are led by Niccolò da Tolentino, on a white charger. He is identifiable by his device, the “Knot of Solomon”, on his banner.
The painting was with two companion panels showing incidents from the same battle, commissioned by the Bartolini Salimbeni family in Florence. Lorenzo de' Medici so coveted them that he had them forcibly removed to the Medici palace.
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