{"id":3305,"date":"2020-10-27T15:11:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T15:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/collezioni\/battle-between-christian-and-turk-cavalries\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T15:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:36:13","slug":"battle-between-christian-and-turk-cavalries","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/collections\/battle-between-christian-and-turk-cavalries\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle between Christian and Turk cavalries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"gutenslider-b647u0yns\" class=\"wp-block-eedee-block-gutenslider gs-frontend content-change alignnone adaptive-height arrow-style-1 arrow-position-sides arrow-mb-none arrows-lg arrows-md arrows-sm dot-style-1 dots-lg dots-md dots-sm dot-position-bottom is-position-center-center mb-none lg-zoom-icon wrap-auto-height\" data-parallax-direction=\"down\" data-parallax-amount=\"1.3\" data-lg-transition=\"lg-slide\" data-hash=\"\" ><div class=\"eedee-swiper-outer\" style=\"--gutenslider-min-height: 50vh;--gutenslider-arrow-size: 30px;--gutenslider-dot-size: 25px;--gutenslider-arrow-color: #ffffff;--gutenslider-dot-color: #ffffff;--gutenslider-padding-y-mobile: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-mobile: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-tablet: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-tablet: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-desktop: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-desktop: 40px;--gutenslider-bg-image: url();--gutenslider-min-height-md: 50vh;--gutenslider-min-height-sm: 50vh;--gutenslider-padding-x: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-md: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-sm: 20px;--gutenslider-padding-y: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-md: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-sm: 20px;--gutenslider-arrow-size-md: 30px;--gutenslider-arrow-size-sm: 30px;--gutenslider-dot-size-md: 25px;--gutenslider-dot-size-sm: 25px;--gutenslider-arrow-bg-color: transparent;--gutenslider-arrow-hover-color: #eeeeee;--gutenslider-arrow-bg-hover-color: transparent;--gutenslider-arrow-x-offset: 10px;--gutenslider-arrow-x-offset-md: 10px;--gutenslider-arrow-x-offset-sm: 10px;--gutenslider-arrow-y-offset: 0px;--gutenslider-arrow-y-offset-md: 0px;--gutenslider-arrow-y-offset-sm: 0px;--gutenslider-arrow-x-spacing: 0px;--gutenslider-dot-y-offset: 10px;--gutenslider-dot-y-offset-md: 10px;--gutenslider-dot-y-offset-sm: 10px;--gutenslider-margin-x: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-x-md: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-x-sm: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-y: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-y-md: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-y-sm: 0px;--gutenslider-divider-top: 60px;--gutenslider-divider-bottom: 60px;--gutenslider-lightgallery-bg: #ffffff;--gutenslider-lightgallery-font: #000000;--gs-first-pos: 50% 50%;--gs-gap-vertical: var( --wp--style--gallery-gap-default, var( --gallery-block--gutter-size, var( --wp--style--block-gap, 0.5em ) ) );--gs-gap-horizontal: var( --wp--style--gallery-gap-default, var( --gallery-block--gutter-size, var( --wp--style--block-gap, 0.5em ) ) );\"><div class=\"gutenslider-divider-top\" style=\"color:#fff;\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper\" data-settings='{\"autoplay\":{\"delay\":3000,\"pauseOnMouseEnter\":true,\"disableOnInteraction\":false},\"speed\":700,\"direction\":\"horizontal\",\"autoHeight\":\"\",\"loop\":true,\"centeredSlides\":true,\"spaceBetween\":0,\"slidesPerView\":1,\"slidesPerGroup\":1,\"effect\":\"slide\",\"coverflowEffect\":{\"rotate\":30,\"slideShadows\":false,\"depth\":100,\"stretch\":50,\"modifier\":1},\"fadeEffect\":{\"crossFade\":true},\"zoom\":\"\",\"navigation\":{\"nextEl\":\"#gutenslider-b647u0yns .eedee-gutenslider-next\",\"prevEl\":\"#gutenslider-b647u0yns .eedee-gutenslider-prev\"},\"pagination\":{\"type\":\"bullets\",\"clickable\":true,\"dynamicBullets\":false,\"el\":\"#gutenslider-b647u0yns .eedee-gutenslider-pagination\"},\"pauseOnHover\":\"1\",\"watchSlidesProgress\":true,\"watchSlidesVisibility\":true,\"settingsMd\":{\"autoHeight\":\"\",\"slidesPerView\":1,\"slidesPerGroup\":1,\"spaceBetween\":0,\"loop\":true},\"settingsLg\":{\"autoHeight\":\"1\",\"slidesPerView\":1,\"slidesPerGroup\":1,\"spaceBetween\":0,\"loop\":true},\"hasLg\":true,\"hasLgCounter\":true,\"isFullScreen\":false,\"arrowsFollowMouse\":false,\"lgTitle\":\"none\",\"lgCaption\":\"none\",\"lgThumbnails\":true,\"lgZoomEnabled\":false,\"keyboard\":{\"keyboard\":{\"enabled\":true,\"onlyInViewport\":true}},\"hashNavigation\":false,\"dividers\":false}'><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"swiper-slide wp-block-eedee-block-gutenslide is-position-center-center ed-bg-image\" style=\"--ed-vw:300;--ed-vh:225;\" data-hash=\"\"><div class=\"eedee-background-div bg-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"wp-image-4477\" src=\"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d245-copia-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-fit: cover; 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object-position: 50% 50%;\"  data-caption=\"d245\" data-title=\"Battaglia tra cavalleria cristiana e turca\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d245-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d245-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d245-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d245-198x146.jpg 198w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d245-50x37.jpg 50w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d245-102x75.jpg 102w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d245-960x706.jpg 960w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d245-652x480.jpg 652w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/d245.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><div class=\"eedee-background-div__overlay\" style=\"opacity:1;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slide-content\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center gutenslider-content-initial has-larger-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><button class=\"eedee-gutenslider-nav eedee-gutenslider-prev\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\"><circle class=\"bg\" cx=\"13\" cy=\"12\" r=\"11\" \/><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0 0h24v24H0z\"\/><path class=\"arrow\" d=\"M10.828 12l4.95 4.95-1.414 1.414L8 12l6.364-6.364 1.414 1.414z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><button class=\"eedee-gutenslider-nav eedee-gutenslider-next\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\"><circle class=\"bg\" cx=\"11\" cy=\"12\" r=\"11\" \/><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0 0h24v24H0z\"\/><path class=\"arrow\" d=\"M13.172 12l-4.95-4.95 1.414-1.414L16 12l-6.364 6.364-1.414-1.414z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><div class=\"eedee-gutenslider-pagination\"><\/div><div class=\"gutenslider-divider-bottom \" style=\"color:#fff;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MATTEO STOM<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">? 1643-Verona, 1702<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Battle between Christian and Turk cavalries<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">oil on canvas, cm 148&#215;200<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This evocative and dynamic \u201cBattle between Christian and Turkish Cavalry\u201d takes place at dusk in a valley. From its center rise dense clouds of dust\u2014lifted by the heated clashes of the combatants\u2014that ascend until they merge with the clouds in the sky. The fighting extends from the foreground toward the distance, spreading also across the slope on the right and beneath the bastions of a fortification, the probable direct objective of this grand military event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The viewer\u2019s attention is deliberately focused on the clash unfolding at the center, where a Christian warrior seen from behind\u2014wearing helmet and armor and mounted on a white steed\u2014confronts two opponents: one wearing a turban and the other bare-faced in a red jacket. Nearby, a knight of the European army has just been thrown from his horse, along with two other Turks who now lie lifeless on the ground, where abandoned weapons are scattered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This principal scene is introduced on the left by two striking and powerful foreshortenings of two black horses: one seen from the rear, beside a dismounted Turk with a shaved skull and a queue, similar to his companion who remains mounted on a steed, shown in half profile.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The overall invention of this expansive battle scene\u2014rendered with brilliant and vivid painterliness and with a concise representational synthesis\u2014the presence of certain distinctive figure types, together with a flickering luminosity that, alternating with bright patches of color, creates a unified cohesion within the dynamic articulation of the entire composition, allow us to attribute the work with reliable certainty to its author. He is Matteo Stom (? 1643 \u2013 Verona 1702), a highly skilled specialist in this iconographic genre, who established himself in the Veneto and played an important role in the diffusion of this type of subject in its modern form, acting as a bridge with the specific Emilian artistic culture of Brescianino and Spolverini. Unfortunately, little documentary evidence survives concerning his activity, which presumably preceded that of Antonio Calza by a short time. Stom shares with Calza an affinity of style and a vivid chromatic vitality, often pushed by both painters to the limits of virtuosity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The presence of a \u201cNight Battle\u201d by Stom\u2014of which two other noteworthy versions with different variants have reappeared\u2014in the Medici collections, already published by M. Chiarini in the catalogue (Centro Di ed., Florence 1981, no. 31) of the exhibition Battaglie held at Palazzo Pitti, suggests the hypothesis that Stom may have come into contact with the Tuscan cultural milieu of the second half of the seventeenth century. In that case, he would undoubtedly have been able to benefit from direct knowledge of works by Pandolfo Reschi, one of the most original and accomplished battle painters, active shortly after the rise of Jacques Courtois as the undisputed leading master of the genre at the European level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3009,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"portfolio-types":[46],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/3305"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio-types?post=3305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}