# The Battle of Cascina [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SANGALLO, Bastiano da]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on wood, 77 x 130 cm ## Commentary In the autumn of 1504 Michelangelo was given the commission to paint a battle scene for the Palazzo della Signoria as a companion piece to Leonardo's Battle of Anghiari. This grand project came to nothing: the cartoon was finished - at least in part - by February 1505, but the urgent summons from Pope Julius II prevented Michelangelo from continuing with the work, for which only some drawings survived. Bastiano da Sangallo's painting is a copy of the central section of Michelangelo's cartoon. ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()