Naakte mannen met speren op paarden in gevecht

About this artwork

Dit thema was populair in de vroege 16e eeuw en velen volgden het voorbeeld van Leonardo da Vinci's Slag bij Anghiari welke bekend werd van de vele voorstudies. De wijze waarop Titiaan het onderwerp verbeeldde lijkt nog het meest in de buurt de komen bij Campagnola"s interpretatie (zie documentatie).

Art Historical Context

Domenico Campagnola's *Naakte mannen met speren paarden in geve* (Naked Men with Spears on Horses in Combat an engraving from 1517, captures the raw energy of battle through dynamic figures of nude warriors clashing on horseback. Measuring 220 × 226 mm, this exemplifies the Venetian Renaissance mastery of line and form, with Campagnola— a skilled engraver and pupil influenced by Titian—employ intricate cross-hatching to convey motion, musculature, and tension. This dramatic scene draws from a popular early 16th-century motif inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's lost fresco *The Battle of Anghiari*...

About the Artist

Domenico Campagnola · 1500–1564

Domenico Campagnola (c. 1500–1564), a Venetian Renaissance painter, engraver, and pioneering draftsman, was born around 1500, likely in Venice to German parents, and became a child prodigy under the tutelage of his adoptive father, Giulio Campagnola. Apprenticed to Giulio around 1507 in Venice, he mastered painting, drawing, engraving, and woodcutting from the esteemed Paduan engraver, whose stipp...