Shop art print and framed art The Battle of Cascina by Aristotele da Sangallo

The Battle of Cascina is a fresco designed by Michelangelo for the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. He produced only the carton, now destroyed but known from a copy by Aristotele da Sangallo. In 1503, the Seigniory of Florence launched a prestigious programme of decoration for the Sala del Consiglio (now the Sala dei Cinquencento) in the Palazzo Vecchio. The republic had succeeded the reign of Lorenzo the Magnificent and the tyranny of Savonarola. Its aim was both to rival the patronage of the Medici and to exalt the greatness and power of Florence. Leonardo da Vinci was commissioned to paint a fresco celebrating the victory of Anghiari over the Milanese, and the following year Michelangelo was commissioned to paint another fresco celebrating the victory of Cascina over the Pisans. Michelangelo had just triumphed with his giant statue of David. He set up his studio at the Hospital dei Tintori in San'Onofrio. We know that the paper for the carton had already been supplied on 31 October 1504. He worked on it until he left for Rome in 1505, and completed it on his return to Florence in 1506. In May 1506, Leonardo da Vinci left Florence for Milan, leaving his Battle of Anghiari unfinished. At the same time, Michelangelo abandoned the Battle of Cascina and returned to Bologna, where he worked for two years on the bronze statue of Pope Julius II that was to adorn the façade of the Basilica of San Petronio. Between 1362 and 1364, a war broke out between the Florentines, led by Galeotto [...]

 

This artwork is a drawing from the renaissance period. It belongs to the italian renaissance style.

 

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