Early Italian Renaissance Painting: tempera on panel

Michele Da Verona, ca. 1470-1536A battle scene depicted by a know Renaissance master painted in tight composition with mastery of form, movement and perspective. Size 12 1/4 x 32 1/4 in., frame: 17 3/8 x 36 5/8 in. Provenance: Ex NY private Coll, C.C. Colnaghi label on the back. Museum qualityFrom trade and unconventional political systems, Northern Italy grew economically prosperous during the 15th and 16th Centuries allowing the arts to flourish as they led the European Renaissance. With patrons being exceedingly wealthy, art during the Italian Renaissance was intrinsically tied to money and status and would often depict the systems that made such patrons successful, such as marriage and trade. Marriage during the Renaissance, especially amongst the upper class, was a business transaction and exchange of wealth between two families, with love and desire factoring very little into most marriages. The transactional nature of elite Renaissance marriages made the visual representation of