Naples
Chiesa Sant'Anna dei Lombardi
Piccolomini Chapel was built in XV century by Florentine masters Antonio Gambarelli called Rossellino and Benedetto de Maiano. Chapel was reconstructed in XVI century by Guilio Mazzoni. In the chapel you are going to find splendid sepulcher of Maria de Aragona and it deserves special review. First what you are going to see in the chapel is the altarpiece with bas-relieve showing the scene of Nativity with Saint James and Saint John made by Rossellino in 1475.
On the left you will find the funeral slab of unknown knight who is shown in armors of first half of XIV century. Judging on his coat-of-arms on the chest of his surcoat we can presume that he was from Merloto Family and came here from France with the Neapolitan Kings of Anjou Dynasty. His armor consist of chain mail hauberk and chain mail hoses. Defense of his shins reinforced by leather grieves. Defense of upper hands and shoulders are reinforced with rearbraces and round pauldrons made out of boiled leather also known in French as "cuir bouilli" or boiled leather. Elbows are additionally protected by iron roundels.
Floor and bench are decorated with mosaics known as Cosmateschi or made by followers of famous masters of mosaic from Cosmatti Family. There is also excellent retable or triptych with the scene of Ascension of Jesus, on the side panels are Saint Nicholas of Bari and Saint Sebastian. You will find there many others masterpieces of XV-XVI centuries.
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Lastra funebre con rilievo raffigurante un cavaliere, particolare
Napoli
Chiesa di Monteoliveto, prima cappella sinistra (Piccolomini)
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La chiesa di Sant'Anna dei Lombardi (o anche di Santa Maria di Monteoliveto) e una chiesa monumentale di Napoli sita in piazza Monteoliveto