Where can you see Paolo Uccello in London?

At the National Gallery: The Battle of San Romano and Saint George and the Dragon. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Paolo Uccello's most famous work in London?

The Battle of San Romano, of about 1438 to 1440, at the National Gallery. The Florentine commander on a white horse leads the charge against Siena under a hedge of roses and oranges. The broken lances and a fallen soldier are laid out on the ground like lines on a diagram.

When and where was Paolo Uccello born?

In 1397, at Pratovecchio or Florence, Italy. Paolo Uccello died on 10 December 1475, at Florence, aged about 78.

What is Paolo Uccello known for?

The three panels of his battle are now in London, Florence and Paris. Famous among painters for his passion for perspective. Paolo Uccello was an Italian painter, of the Early Renaissance.

Painter, 1397 to 1475

Paolo Uccello

Uccello was so taken with the new science of perspective, his wife said, that he would not come to bed. His battle is the result: every lance on the ground points to the same spot.

Born: 1397, Pratovecchio or Florence, Italy
Died: 1475, Florence
Movement: Early Renaissance
In London: 2 works in 1 museum

Where to see Paolo Uccello in London

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

The National Gallery2 works

The Battle of San Romano
about 1438 to 1440
The Florentine commander on a white horse leads the charge against Siena under a hedge of roses and oranges. The broken lances and a fallen soldier are laid out on the ground like lines on a diagram.
Saint George and the Dragon
about 1470
The knight spears a two-legged dragon which the princess already holds on a lead, in front of a cave like a stage set. A storm gathers behind the saint in the shape of an eye.

The life of Paolo Uccello

Paolo di Dono, called Uccello, trained in the workshop of the sculptor Ghiberti in Florence and worked on mosaics in Venice before returning home. He painted frescoes for the cathedral and for Santa Maria Novella, and died poor and forgotten at seventy-eight.

The Battle of San Romano was painted in three panels for a Florentine family and later taken by Lorenzo de' Medici for his own bedroom. The other two are in the Uffizi and the Louvre.

What to know

The three panels of his battle are now in London, Florence and Paris
Famous among painters for his passion for perspective

Born: 1397, Pratovecchio or Florence, Italy
Died: 10 December 1475, Florence

Paolo Uccello: common questions

Where can you see Paolo Uccello in London?: At the National Gallery: The Battle of San Romano and Saint George and the Dragon. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Paolo Uccello's most famous work in London?: The Battle of San Romano, of about 1438 to 1440, at the National Gallery. The Florentine commander on a white horse leads the charge against Siena under a hedge of roses and oranges. The broken lances and a fallen soldier are laid out on the ground like lines on a diagram.
When and where was Paolo Uccello born?: In 1397, at Pratovecchio or Florence, Italy. Paolo Uccello died on 10 December 1475, at Florence, aged about 78.
What is Paolo Uccello known for?: The three panels of his battle are now in London, Florence and Paris. Famous among painters for his passion for perspective. Paolo Uccello was an Italian painter, of the Early Renaissance.