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Group of Soldiers and Men in Oriental Costume
by Vittore Carpaccio
CARPACCIO, Vittore
(b. 1472, Venezia, d. 1526, Capodistria)
Group of Soldiers and Men in Oriental Costume
Tempera on wood, 68 x 42 cm
Painted between 1493 and 1500. At the Uffizi since 1883.
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
This small painting is a fragment of a larger one whose subject is unknown.
The letters "SPQR" identify the soldiers as Ancient Roman, though they mingle with exotic, richly robed figures.
Source: Web Gallery of Art
See also the Pilgrims' Arrival in Cologne, the Life of St Ursula, by Vittore Carpaccio, 1490-96
A detail from the Martyrdom of the Pilgrims, the Life of St Ursula, by Vittore Carpaccio, 1490-96
Back to Paintings of Italian Soldiers of the mid to late 15th Century
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