[vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” background_animation=”none” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_gallery interval=”0″ images=”3243″ img_size=”full” onclick=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” background_animation=”none” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTVCZmxleHlfYnJlYWRjcnVtYiU1RA==[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”center” background_animation=”none” css_animation=””][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/6″][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” background_animation=”none” css_animation=””][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”4\/6″][vc_column_text]On the 29th of June 1449, on the plains to the east of Anghiari, one of the most famous battles of the 15th century in Italy took place.<\/p>\n
The Duchy of Milan, ruled by the Visconti, fought against a coalition led by Florence and included the Papal State and Venice. The Army of Milan, led by Niccol\u00f2 Piccinino<\/strong> was outnumbered and was defeated. The result of this battle changed the balance of power in Valtiberina and, as Niccol\u00f2 Machiavelli<\/strong> pointed out, in Tuscany and Italy for the years to come. On the place where the battle was fought, an aedicule, called \u201cOur Lady of Victory\u201d, was erected and today the \u201cPalio della Vittoria\u201d<\/em> is held every year to remember that day.<\/p>\n In 1503, the echo of that victory was strong and Pier Soderini<\/strong>, gonfalonier of the Republic for life, commissioned to Leonardo da Vinci<\/strong> a big painting for a whole room of the \u201cSalone dei 500\u201d (Hall of 500) in Palazzo Vecchio in order to remember the victory.\u00a0 On another wall of the room, Michelangelo Buonarroti<\/strong> painted the \u201cBattle of Cascina\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n Leonardo worked there from 1503 to 1506. The preparatory design kept him busy for a whole year. To do this work of art, the genius used some new techniques that did not work properly. He used an oil painting technique similar to encaustic painting, lighting big fires to drain the fresco with the help of his coworkers but the paint was unstable and the heat greatly damaged the fresco. Disheartened by the failure and busy with other projects, da Vinci abandoned this project. The \u201cBattle of Anghiari\u201d<\/em>, to this day, is one of the most well-known and unsolved mysteries in art history. In spite of the advanced technologies used that gave an unfortunate result, some people say that the little parts that were spared from the failure, like the central scene with the \u201cfight for the flag\u201d<\/em> are now hidden under the fresco painted by Giorgio Vasari<\/strong> between 1557 and 1563 at the time of the restoration of Palazzo Vecchio. Surely, we still have the studies and the preparatory drawings and also some copies made by other artists when the painting was still visible or the paper drawing, which nowadays is lost, was around. Among the most known copies are the one made in the early 1600s by Pieter Paul Rubens<\/strong> and the one made during the second half of the 1500s, called \u201cTavola Doria\u201d<\/em> attributed to Francesco Morandini<\/strong>.
\nThe Museum of the Battle and of Anghiari<\/strong>, placed inside the Marzocco Palace in Mameli square, in Anghiari, tells the history of the battle and the history of the lost painting through the testimonies both of the historical event and the artistic one. Among the works of art that are in the museum, there is a copy of the \u201cBattle of Anghiari\u201d painted by the Flemish painter Gerard Edelinck<\/strong>. The museum also tells the history of the hamlet from prehistory to the present.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”90px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” background_animation=”none” css_animation=””][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”10\/12″][vc_single_image image=”7768″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Francesco Morandini, Tavola Doria (1563?) Uffizi Galleries, Florence[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” background_animation=”none” css_animation=””][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”10\/12″][vc_single_image image=”7775″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Anonymous 16th century and Pieter Paul Rubens, Copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s Battle of Anghiari, Louvre, Paris[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” background_animation=”none” css_animation=””][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/12″][vc_single_image image=”7769″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Leonardo da Vinci, head of Niccol\u00f2 Piccinino, study for the Battle of Anghiari (c. 1503) Sz\u00e9pm\u0171v\u00e9szeti M\u00fazeum, Budapest[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/12″][vc_single_image image=”7770″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Leonardo da Vinci, Head of a Knight, study for the Battle of Anghiari (c. 1503) Sz\u00e9pm\u0171v\u00e9szeti M\u00fazeum, Budapest[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” background_animation=”none” css_animation=””][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/12″][vc_single_image image=”7771″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Leonardo da Vinci, Brawl between knights, study for the Battle of Anghiari (c. 1503) Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/12″][vc_single_image image=”7772″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Leonardo da Vinci, Knights with Standards, study for the Battle of Anghiari (c. 1503)<\/span><\/span><\/span>; Windsor, Royal Library[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” background_animation=”none” css_animation=””][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/12″][vc_single_image image=”7774″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Leonardo da Vinci, Brawl between knights, study for the Battle of Anghiari (c. 1503) Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/12″][vc_single_image image=”7773″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Leonardo da Vinci, Fighting knights, study for the Battle of Anghiari (c. 1503)<\/span><\/span><\/span>; Windsor, Royal Library[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” background_animation=”none” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text]Share[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]