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LEONARDO da Vinci: Battle of Anghiari (Tavola Doria)

🖼 Battle of Anghiari (Tavola Doria), 1503-05
Oil on panel
85 × 115 cm
Florence, Italy

Swirling horses and warriors clash in dynamic composition, rendered through Leonardo's masterful sfumato technique. This lost masterpiece—known only through copies—exemplifies Renaissance ideals of movement and human passion, profoundly influencing centuries of battle scene depictions.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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