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Battle

Pietro Graziani XVIII sec. d.C./ prima metà

Pietro Graziani, in the Battaglie (Battles) exhibited at the Museum of Palazzo Pretorio, adopts a dynamic language, which makes use of full-bodied and vivid touches of colour that convey a sense of immediacy and speed, characters that are well associated with the subjects he depicts in his paintings.

Technical information

Author: Pietro Graziani
Title: Battle
Date: XVIII sec. d.C./ prima metà
Material and technique: Oil on copper
Size: 19x26 cm
Location: Palazzo Pretorio Museum
Second Floor, Mezzanine

These paintings, which are part of the corpus of the Martini collection, reveal an agitated and restless rhythm, which, combined with the extreme looseness of the touches of colour, contributes to a swirling image, reminiscent of the idea of a spiral movement. Pietro Graziani is considered a specialist in the depiction of battle scenes; typical of his style is the fast, dense, vibrant brushstroke that brings the knights in his Battles to life.