DONATELLO
(b. ca. 1386, Firenze, d. 1466, Firenze)

Tomb of Cardinal Rainaldo Brancacci (detail)

c. 1427
Marble, 54 x 78 cm
Sant'Angelo a Nilo, Naples

The picture shows a detail of the relief representing the Assumption of the Virgin.

In the works that followed the statues in the Baptistry of Siena - the Tombstone of Bishop Giovanni Pecci in the Cathedral of Siena, the Assumption of the Virgin carved in Pisa in 1427 for the Brancacci tomb in Sant'Angelo a Nilo (Naples), the Christ Giving the Keys to St Peter of the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Pazzi Madonna of the Berlin Museum - Donatello returned to the flattened relief, pushing its expressive possibilities to the utmost limits.