The Funerary Monument to Sir John Hawkwood is a fresco by Paolo Uccello, commemorating English condottiero John Hawkwood, commissioned in 1436 for Florence Cathedral. The fresco is an important exampl
Funerary Monument to Sir John Hawkwood: the figure is larger than life-size, central panel (1436), measures 732 × 404 cm (288 × 159 in); with Trompe-l'œil grotto-esque frame added in 1524, 820 × 515 cm (323 × 203 in).
Fresco of Sir John Hawkwood (right) shown in situ in the Duomo, Florence, beside a similar depiction of fellow condottiero Niccolò da Tolentino (d.1435) by Andrea del Castagno
Engraving of John Hawkwood, based on the fresco
A tomb was prepared for Hawkwood in St. Peter's in Sible Hedingham, but it is unknown whether his body was repatriated.
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Florence Cathedral, formally the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower, is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Florence in Florence, Italy. Commenced in 1296 in the Gothic style to a design o
Funerary Monument to Sir John Hawkwood
…or Equestrian Monument) to Sir John Hawkwood is a fresco by Paolo Uccello, commemorating English condottiero John Hawkwood, commissioned in 1436 for Florence Cathedral. The fresco is an important example of art commemorating a soldier-for-hire who fought in the Italian peninsula and is a seminal work in the development…
Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore – Il Duomo di Firenze
The 19th century Neo-Gothic façade
The Cathedral as depicted in the Codex Rustici of 1447
The Duomo, as if completed, in a fresco by Andrea di Bonaiuto, painted in the 1360s, before the commencement of the dome