Niccolò Mauruzi da Tolentino unseats Bernardino della Ciarda at the Battle of San Romano

Uccello — the Battle of San Romano 

Colors in this work

Artist: Paolo Uccello
Date: c. 1435–1440
Medium: panel; tempera
Holding institution: Uffizi Gallery
Palette: Charred Umber · Black family · #261A14 · 35%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #4E3121 · 14%

Oiled Oak · Brown family · #845739 · 13%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #643E29 · 13%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #B88E69 · 9%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #963B24 · 5%

Charred Umber · Black family · #211B13 · 4%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #401F0F · 2%

Slate Night · Black family · #262227 · 1%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #5D2613 · 1%

Midnight Indigo · Black family · #1F1617 · 1%

Press Black · Black family · #181713 · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #0E0704 · <1%

Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #8E847B · <1%

Pumpkin Tempera · Orange family · #C6702C · <1%

Midnight Indigo · Black family · #171B17 · <1%

Lead Type · Gray family · #737A83 · <1%

Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #8E8E81 · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: CC0
Credit: Uffizi Gallery

10 tags

War and Military Both · 100%

The title identifies a battle, and the image visibly depicts armed combatants, armor, lances, banners, and fallen figures.
Equestrian Both · 100%

The title describes one mounted combatant unseating another, while the image prominently shows multiple horses and mounted warriors in combat.
Narrative Both · 97%

The title identifies a specific battle episode, and the image presents a clearly legible historical action involving opposing groups of riders.
Movement Visual · 98%

Rearing and falling horses, tilted bodies, overlapping combatants, and intersecting lances create a strongly animated scene.

Renaissance Art Interpretive · 88%

The fifteenth-century date, pictorial organization, and association with Paolo Uccello support a Renaissance-art classification, although no formal style is supplied in the catalog metadata.

Dark Colors Visual · 94%

Dark brown, black, and earth-toned passages dominate the image, with accents of red, white, ocher, and blue.
Dense Composition Visual · 99%

The foreground is densely occupied by horses, soldiers, weapons, armor, and fallen bodies, with little unoccupied space across the battle zone.
Emphasis on Linear Perspective Visual · 88%

Rows of lances and the receding divisions of the cultivated fields establish strong directional lines and a perceptible spatial recession.

Painting Metadata · 100%

The catalog classifies the work as a painting and identifies its medium as tempera on panel.

15th Century Art Metadata · 100%

The catalog dates the work to approximately 1435–1440, placing it in the fifteenth century.

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