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The Florentine commander, Niccolò da Tolentino, rides a white charger and wears a magnificent red and gold hat. He leads a cavalry charge from the left, while at the right a knight on a white horse fights off three others.
Uccello was intensely interested in linear perspective – using lines to create an impression of three-dimensional space within a painting – which was a relatively recent discovery. Here he is clearly experimenting: the broken lances in the foreground make a formal grid-like pattern, and scattered pieces of armour are shown at various angles.
Title
Niccolò Mauruzi da Tolentino at the Battle of San Romano
Date
probably about 1438-40
Medium
egg tempera with walnut oil and linseed oil on poplar
Measurements
H 182 x W 320 cm
Accession number
NG583
Acquisition method
Bought, 1857
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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Saint George and the Dragon The National Gallery, London -
The Hunt in the Forest Ashmolean Museum, Oxford -
Niccolò Mauruzi da Tolentino at the Battle of San Romano The National Gallery, London -
The Annunciation Ashmolean Museum, Oxford -
The Battle Between the Florentines and the Sienese at San Romano, 1432 National Trust, Snowshill Manor
