There are few more eloquent documents of the elegant swagger of late 15th century courtly masculinity as this high relief from the Arch of Alfonso of Aragon in the Castello Nuovo in Naples. Alfonso marched into Naples in 1443 and the arch was completed around 1470, involving the work of several sculptors. It was very much an expression of renaissance ideals of courtliness and classical tastes. The arch itself uses classicizing architectural elements and antique subjects cover every inch of the ensemble. It’s Naples’s most impressive 15th century monument.