 The Funerary Monument ( or Equestrian Monument ) to Sir John Hawkwood is a fresco by Paolo Uccello , commemorating English condottiero John Hawkwood , commissioned in 1436 for Florence 's Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore . The fresco is an important example of art commemorating a soldier @-@ for @-@ hire who fought in the Italian peninsula and is a seminal work in the development of perspective . 
