European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection Camilla in
Battle Panel from a cassone; possibly a companion to The Legend
of Cloelia, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(11.126.2)Made in Italy, Europe Matteo di Giovanni (Matteo di
Giovanni di Bartolo), Italian (active Siena and environs and
Borgo San Sepolcro), first documented 1452, died 1495, or
Guidoccio di Giovanni Cozzarelli, Italian (active Siena), 1450 -
1517. Tempera, tooled gold, and silver leaf on panel Cat.
111John G. Johnson Collection, 1917 LabelThis panel may have
once been the front part of a marriage chest. The usual wear and
tear on such pieces (the marks in the upper center were probably
made by keys used to open the chest) makes precise attribution
difficult, but this work is likely by either Matteo di Giovanni
or Guidoccio Cozzarelli. Its subject, derived from the Roman
poet Virgil’s Aeneid, shows warrior-princess Camilla leading her
female tribe in support of the Latins in their fight against the
Trojans. Shown here holding a