Siena Cathedral#Works of art

The Pecci - grave plate is attributed to Donatello, arisen 1427-1452 bas-relief in the Cathedral of Siena (Italy) and singular in the work of the artist.

In 1875 Hans Semper led the Pecci - grave plate of bronze into the Donatello literature. Giovanni di Bartolomeo Pecci, was apostolic Pronotar, Bishop of Grosseto and Siena in canon. He died in 1427 and was buried in the cathedral of Siena and honored with Donatello's grave plate. The signature of the applicable prevailing opinion as authentic " OPUS DONATELLI " finds himself at a barely visible spot of the grave board. With these information supplied by the plant itself to exhaust the facts. Research has therefore been limited to a Inclusion 1427-1452.

Studies point out especially the perspective structure of the bas-reliefs and the consequence of the execution, which is achieved in no other grave plate Donatello. With an aligned to a fixed position of the viewer perspective, he created the illusion of a bier corpse, which was constructed for the period of the funeral Mass at an altar. The package refers to the altar of the Sienese patron Sant'Ansano, before the stages of which grave plate was inserted into the floor. Already 1420 may di Cappella di Sant'Ansano be located in the corner of the chapel choir and northern transept. The 1458 mentioned for the first time in the inventory of the cathedral and located than in the middle of the choir, said Pecci - grave plate, is undoubtedly in its present position in front of St. Ansanus chapel not the original place.