Palazzo della Ragione, bottom wall, knights

The dating of this small chivalrous pictorial series is very much debated. Some date it to the period of the famous plaque of Ponte dei Mulini, that announces the year 1190. Others claim it dates to a later period, which would however precede the restoration of the Palace in 1250. According to some these pictures also were composed between 1250 and 1260, although it is evident that they were then covered by another pictorial layer by the painter Grixopolo, almost surely active in that decade. Also, it is not clear what relation exists between this series and the “defamatory” painting of Marcaria visible on the opposite wall, which also depicts scenes from the Civil war.