# Micheletto da Cotignola Engages in Battle [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UCCELLO, Paolo]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Tempera on wood, 180 x 316 cm ## Commentary In the Louvre panel there is a formal subtext created by strong decorative elements, such as the tights of contrasting colours worm by the soldiers on the left, or the arrangement of the lances, which form a series of patterns and movements that echo the horses and their riders. As could be expected, foreshortening and perspective are devices favoured by the artist. The landscape has been sacrificed to the figural action. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Magi \(Quarate predella, detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(Quarate predella\)]() - [An Angel \(detail\)]() - [Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown off his Horse \(detail\)]() - [Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown off his Horse \(detail\)]() - [Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown off his Horse \(detail\)]() - [Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown off his Horse]() - [Birth of Christ]() - [Birth of the Virgin \(detail\)]() - [Birth of the Virgin]() - [Clock with Heads of Prophets]() - [Creation of Adam]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()