Panel from a Cassone: The Race of the Palio in the Streets of Florence
1418
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1418
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a busy street in Florence, horses racing past tall brick towers and crowds of people in bright clothes. This painting once decorated a marriage chest called a cassone. Families ordered these chests when their kids got married. The scene shows a real horse race that happened around the wedding day—like a snapshot of a big local event. To see more paintings of daily life in old Florence, look up *subject: italy, florence, 15th century*.
