1506 Print of the Battle of Fornovo 1495

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This is one of my favourite periods, and as the print shows the Swiss at this time wore relatively unslashed clothing. I am assuming(as often happened at this time) that the artist is depicting 1495 but in the styles of 1506. If so then the French gendarmes had already adopted the long skirted tunic but the Italians are still wearing a realatively short skirted tunic over their armour.

As I said, the engraving is thought to have been made within a year or so of the battle.