© Ashmolean Museum
The Rise of the Florentines against the Duke of Athens, 1343
Artist: Luigi Sabatelli (1772 - 1850)
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: circa 1830-1840
Materials: pen & ink
Dimensions: 21.3 x 30.5cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £3,200 (Total: £6,729)
Vendor: Colnaghi
Review number: 5965 (2007)
Provenance:
Herbert List (1903-1975); Wolfgang Ratjen (1943-1997); Colnaghi.
Description:
A vigorous and exciting sheet of studies exploring different approaches to a violent subject, the theme of a bloodthirsty civic revolt in Florence. On the reverse is an extraordinary panoramic view of the surging battle seen from the Loggia dei Lanzi. The subject is from Tuscan medieval history, the rise of the Florentines in 1343 against their despotic ruler Walter VI of Brienne, the 'Duke of Athens'.
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