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of combat between cavalrymen and between cavalrymen
and pikemen, as demonstrated in Cats. 4 , 5 , and 6 ; fur-
thermore, several copies after lost sketches of cavalry com-
bats by Michelangelo dating from the period ofCascina
are found on a sheet in the British Museum ( 1946 - 7 - 13 -
635 ; pen and ink, 306 × 460 mm; attributed to Raffaello
da Montelupo but in the compiler’s opinion not by him;
see Joannides, 2002 b,tav. 11 ), and it may be that A here
also records a group planned for that project.
Berenson suggested that the main drawing was for a
decoration in relief – perhaps for the frieze of a fire-
place – which is quite possible; but it could as well be
for a painting as a sculpture. The compiler would raise
the possibility that it could have been made for one of
the temporary projects on which Raffaello was heavily
engaged in the mid-153 0s, perhaps for a simulated relief
in grisaille on a triumphal arch constructed for some for-
mal entry. Supporting the view that something of this
nature was intended is the equine trophy, which would
obviously be suitable for execution on the attic of a tem-
porary arch.
Verso
The largest study on the verso, C, probably the first to
be drawn on this side of the sheet, would appear to be
for a statue standing in a niche. The scale indicated along