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The storming of the fortress near Porta Camollia in Siena
Giorgio Vasari1570
Palazzo Vecchio Museum
Firenze, Italy
During the night of the 26th of January 1554 the Duke’s army attacks one of the Sienese forts, near Porta Camollia, catching the guards in their sleep: this marked the start of the war with Siena. “And the lord Duke acquired much respect, having demonstrated not only his burning desire to challenge his enemy on their home turf but also his incomparable prudence having managed his strategy in silence and with great guile”. Photo: Simone Lampredi
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- Title: The storming of the fortress near Porta Camollia in Siena
- Creator Lifespan: 1511 - 1574
- Creator Nationality: Italian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Firenze
- Creator Birth Place: Arezzo
- Date Created: 1570
- third artist birth date: 1523
- Third artist name (attribution): Jan Van der Straet (known as Stradano)
- Third artist death place: Florence
- Third artist death date: 1605
- Third artist birth place: Bruges
- Theme: historical subject
- Second artist name: Giovan Battista Naldini
- Second artist death place: Florence
- Second artist death date: 1591
- Second artist birth place: Florence
- Second artist birth date: 1537
- Physical Dimensions: w1300 x h760 cm (Complete)
- Painter, Architect: Giorgio Vasari
- Artistic school or movement: Mannerism, Italian painting of the 16th century
- Type: fresco painting
- Rights: Comune di Firenze, Comune di Firenze
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