# Battle scene [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [RUSTICI, Giovanni Francesco]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Terracotta, height 47 cm ## Commentary Vasari recorded that Rustici modelled in terracotta some groups of horses with men on or under them, and several survive \(Bargello and Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; Louvre, Paris\). They recall studies made by Leonardo da Vinci for his fresco of the <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/l/leonardo/06anghia/1battle1.html'\)" href="/html/l/leonardo/06anghia/1battle1.html">Battle of Anghiari;</a> some have scowling faces that closely reflect his studies of faces distorted by the rage of battle. This terracotta model shows a knight defending himself against four foot-soldiers. It is a free interpretation of Leonardo's studies of soldiers fighting. ## Related artworks - [A Dancing Faun]() - [Apollo and Marsyas]() - [Apollo Vanquishing the Serpent Python]() - [Battle]() - [Battle scene]() - [Battle scene]() - [Battle scene]() - [Bust of Boccaccio]() - [Bust of Boccaccio]() - [Chariot of Victory]() - [Conversion of St Paul]() - [Courtyard decoration]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()