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Sold at Auction: Napolitan school, 18th century, Battle of the Amazons
Oil on canvas 260x180 cm. It recalls the work painted by Pieter Paul Rubens in 1615 that, fascinated by Leonardo's way of painting, he had painted with pathos and majesty. The painting presents carefully the anatomical study of the bodies of the amazons killed in battle. The work of more than two meters in length has the same Rubensian composition, the bundled bodies move on the bridge where women, horses and armed men fight. The vivid colors have been restored to their original brilliance…
