1 3/5. The Battle of San Romano. An armoured
I knight in the thick of battle astride his white charger forms the central figure of a dramatic
15th-century masterpiece by Paolo Uccello. The painting, in three panels, depicts scenes from the battle of San Romano fought between Florence and Siena in 1432. Using one-point perspective Uccello achieved one of the greatest portrayals of men in close combat. Coveted through the centuries the panels became the victims of an extraordinary art crime. Narrated by Samuel West.
Producer Ian Michael Jones ; Series editor Jeremy Bugler