Cavalry Battle between the Hungarians and the Turks [reverse]
late 15th century
![Cavalry Battle between the Hungarians and the Turks [reverse] by Florentine 15th Century](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/cavalry-battle-between-the-hungarians-and-the-nga-44790.webp)
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 5.24 cm (2 1/16 in.) gross weight: 57.52 gr (0.127 lb.) axis: 6:00
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1957.14.849.b
Art Historical Context
This finely wrought bronze plaquette, titled *Cry Battle between the Hung and the Turks* (reverse), is a from late 15th Florence. Measuring a modest 5.24 cm in diameter and weighing 57.52 grams, it exemplifies the Renaissance fascination with small-scale sculpture. Produced by an anonymous Florentine, these portable bronze reliefs—often called plaquettes—were highly collectible, serving as affordable yet sophisticated art objects for scholars and patrons. The scene vividly depicts a chaotic cavalry clash between Hungarian and Turkish forces, evoking the real tensions of the time as the Ottoma...