# Monument to Robert of Anjou, King of Sicily \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GIOVANNI and PACIO DA FIRENZE](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-and-pacio-da-firenze-rb32e143fb74ec2>)
- Date: 1301-1350
- Technique: Marble

## Commentary

The monument to Robert of Anjou \(died 1343\) is the competent work of the Florentine brothers Giovanni and Paccio da Firenze. Its interest lies mainly in its content; for it is a summing-up of much Italian sepulchral design during the previous half-century. Particular elements to be noted are the sarcophagus with the dead man surrounded by his relatives \(almost all of them dead by 1343\); the effigy in an enclosed chamber backed by figures; the dead man being presented to the Virgin; and the dead King seated in state. The detail shows the dead King seated in state above the effigy in an enclosed chamber.

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- [Anjou tombs](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-and-pacio-da-firenze-rb32e143fb74ec2/anjou-tombs-r36a5aef08cdcf5>)
- [Martyrdom of St Catherine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-and-pacio-da-firenze-rb32e143fb74ec2/martyrdom-of-st-catherine-r978e1f3a6980b6>)
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- [Monument to Robert of Anjou, King of Sicily \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-and-pacio-da-firenze-rb32e143fb74ec2/monument-to-robert-of-anjou-king-of-sicily-detail-ra73c6274717836>)
- [Monument to Robert of Anjou, King of Sicily \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-and-pacio-da-firenze-rb32e143fb74ec2/monument-to-robert-of-anjou-king-of-sicily-detail-re275ee60f2adcd>)
- [Monument to Robert of Anjou, King of Sicily \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-and-pacio-da-firenze-rb32e143fb74ec2/monument-to-robert-of-anjou-king-of-sicily-detail-reb8cffaba41ef2>)
- [Monument to Robert of Anjou, King of Sicily](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-and-pacio-da-firenze-rb32e143fb74ec2/monument-to-robert-of-anjou-king-of-sicily-r0d4c16e8921dce>)
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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)