The Decisive Attack of Micheletto Attendolo at San Romano
at Louvre Museum
Paolo Uccello
1397–1475Italian Renaissance
About
Paolo Uccello, born Paolo di Dono, was an Italian Renaissance painter and mathematician from Florence who was notable for his pioneering work on visual perspective in art. In his book Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Giorgio Vasari wrote that Uccello was obsessed by his interest in perspective and would stay up all night in his study trying to grasp the exact vanishing point. Uccello used perspective to create a feeling of depth in his paintings. His best known works are the three paintings representing the battle of San Romano, which were wrongly entitled the Battle of Sant'Egidio of 1416 for a long period of time.
Notable works
The Crucifixion
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Adoration of the Christ Child with Saint Jerome, Saint Mary Magdalene and Saint Eustace
at Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
The Virgin and Child
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Studies of a Deer, and a Putto Holding a Fruit
at Nationalmuseum
A unicorn killing a hind and a dragon
at Nationalmuseum
Two dogs, a unicorn, a panther and a pair of lions
at Nationalmuseum
A camel with a child riding. Below a fabulous beast (Castoro)
at Nationalmuseum
Amor with a bow and putto holding garlands
at Nationalmuseum
Portrait of a Young Man
at Indianapolis Museum of Art
Works in the collection
19 works
The Decisive Attack of Micheletto Attendolo at San Romano
at Louvre Museum
The Crucifixion
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Adoration of the Christ Child with Saint Jerome, Saint Mary Magdalene and Saint Eustace
at Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
The Virgin and Child
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Studies of a Deer, and a Putto Holding a Fruit
at Nationalmuseum
A unicorn killing a hind and a dragon
at Nationalmuseum
Two dogs, a unicorn, a panther and a pair of lions
at Nationalmuseum
A camel with a child riding. Below a fabulous beast (Castoro)
at Nationalmuseum
Amor with a bow and putto holding garlands
at Nationalmuseum
Portrait of a Young Man
at Indianapolis Museum of Art
More by Paolo Uccello in institutions
Nationalmuseum
Stockholm, Sweden
Uffizi Gallery
Florence, Italy
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe, Germany
Galleria dell'Accademia
Florence, Italy
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis, United States
Museum of San Marco
Florence, Italy
National Gallery of Victoria
City of Melbourne, Australia
Yale University Art Gallery
New Haven, United States
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Manhattan, United States
Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Bezirk Mitte, Germany
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Madrid, Spain
Louvre Museum
Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, France
National Gallery of Ireland
Dublin City, Ireland
