After his death, Richard II of England requested that his body be returned to England, but it is uncertain that it ever happened. "Donatello's 'Gattamelata' and Its Humanist Audience.". Uccello was best known for his detailed gothic style, and an obsession with perspective, so it is strange to note that when looking at the fresco the statue appears to be in line with the viewers eyeline, while the base of the horse statue is seen from slightly below. It is now on the north wall of the nave, beside a similar depiction of fellow condottiero Niccolò da Tolentino (d.1435) by Andrea del Castagno. Firenze.Duomo.Hawkwood.JPG 940 × 1,238; 511 KB

The abbey’s large Library comprises more than 40,000 volumes, pamphlets and parchments that have been carefully restored by the monks. [28] Hawkwood's funeral was sandwiched between the funerals in Siena of Giovanni d'Azzo degli Ubaldini—who had been poisoned by the Florentines in the Visconti wars—and Giovanni "Tedesco" da Pietramala. The politics of the commissioning and recommissioning of the fresco have been analyzed and debated by historians. "'That the practice of arms is most excellent declare the statues of valiant men': the Luccan War and Florentine Political ideology in paintings by Uccello and Castagno. Little is known of the first, except that she was probably English, and she gave birth to at least one child, a daughter named Antiochia, who married into a prominent English Essex family, the Coggeshales. Other bishops were Luca Grazio, who was a distinguished member of the Council of Florence (1438); Matteo Concini (1560) and Gerolamo Gaddi (1562) were present at the Council of Trent. [72] A study which subjected the drawing to ultraviolet rays confirmed that Uccello had originally depicted Hawkwood as "more threatening", with his baton raised and horse "at the ready".

"The Classical Inscription in Renaissance Art and Politics: Bartholomaeus Fontius: Liber monumentorum Romanae urbis et aliorum locorum. 2006. The choice of Paolo Uccello (born in Florence in 1397),The date of Uccello's birth is somewhat speculative. It had Hawkwood saying, "Son of God, remember me," while the first wife said, "Mother of mine, remember me," and the second wife, "Mother of Christ, remember me.

175–190. Uccello's Hawkwood was completed, only to be ordered redone by the capo maestro of the Opera del Duomo, on June 28, 1436. Yet Hawkwood remained with the Pope. [21] Florence acquiesced to Richard II's request in a June 3, 1395 letter: However, it remains an open question whether Hawkwood's remains were ever transferred to England, to the tomb prepared for him at St. Peter's in Sible Hedingham, or whether his remains were reburied in 1405 under the old choir of the Duomo, of which record has been lost since it was repaved in the 16th century. ", Griffiths, Gordon. ", Meiss, Millard.

Frustrated by not being paid by the Pope, Hawkwood marched along the Via Emilia towards Tuscany and Florence.

During Hawkwood's career he was usually paid in gold florins, the most widely used currency of the time. Although neither tomb was realized, documentary evidence suggests that a painting of Hawkwood—with a figure of Hawkwood by Gaddi and a sarcophagus by Pesello—was completed by June 16, 1396.Caferro, 2006, p. 317–318.