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Episode Details: Paolo Uccello: The Battle of San Romano
Paolo Uccello: The Battle of San Romano
Series: The Private Life of a Masterpiece
Season: Season 5
Episode Number: 3
Air Date:
Duration: 50 min
An armoured knight in the thick of battle astride his white charger forms the central figure of a dramatic 15th-century masterpiece by Paolo Uccello. The painting, in three panels, depicts scenes from the battle of San Romano fought between Florence and Siena in 1432. Using one-point perspective Uccello achieved one of the greatest portrayals of men in close combat. Coveted through the centuries the panels became the victims of an extraordinary art crime.