Battle between Romans and Gauls
Artist
The Florentine School
(Italian, 13th to 16th centuries)
Date1470s
MediumTempera and oil on wood
DimensionsFrame: 22 7/8 H x 66 3/4 W x 2 9/16 D in. (58.1 x 169.6 x 6.5 cm)
Unframed support: 17 H x 61 1/2 W x 1/2 D in. (43.2 x 156.2 x 1.3 cm)
Image: 16 1/8 H x 60 3/4 W in. (40.9 x 154.3 cm)
Unframed support: 17 H x 61 1/2 W x 1/2 D in. (43.2 x 156.2 x 1.3 cm)
Image: 16 1/8 H x 60 3/4 W in. (40.9 x 154.3 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN13
This panel once adorned a cassone - Italian meaning "large chest." Made in pairs to celebrate marriages, cassoni were carried in bridal processions and then placed in bedrooms where they stored household goods like clothing and linens.
This panel shows a battle between Romans (identified by their banners bearing the initials SPQR) and Gauls. Banners and shields emblazoned with black roosters identify some Gauls, while others are naked wild-men. Medici family heraldry appears on the bridle of a white horse at the left suggesting that the cassone was made for a Medici patron or ally.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 05
Collections
Florence 1949, p. 30. Suida 1949, no. 13 [Anghiari Master]. Fredericksen and Zeri 1972, p. 635 [Florentine]. Callmann 1974, p. 46. Tomory 1976, no. 13 [Florentine]. Callman 1991, p. 32. Merling 2002, pp. 44-45 [Lo Scheggia].
