# Tournament Scene \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PISANELLO]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary On the walls of the Sala del Pisanello \(also called the Sala dei Principi\) in the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua, dozens of armed knights, equipped with helmets, lances, and cuirasses, take part in a grand, spirited tournament. This event is set against an expansive landscape with steep valleys, castles, and crenellated towers. Pisanello utilized all his talents to illustrate the legendary story of Lancelot du Lac. Pisanello's frescoes are now very difficult to read, both because of the damage they have suffered and because the artist and his assistants never finished them. Part of the cycle survives only in the form of a sinopia. ## Related artworks - [Alfonso of Aragon]() - [Alfonso of Aragon]() - [Annunciation]() - [Apes \(from the artist's sketchbook\)]() - [Apparition of the Virgin to Sts Anthony Abbot and George]() - [Borso d'Este]() - [Borso d'Este]() - [Bust of an Old Man]() - [Cecilia Gonzaga]() - [Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg]() - [Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg]() - [Filippo Maria Visconti]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()