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Brunelleschi subsequently became a highly important architect, while Donatello began his career in sculpture. Donatello is recorded as working as an apprentice, and for the last few months on a salary, in the studio of Lorenzo Ghiberti in 1404–1407, [28] apparently working on the workshop's main project, the bronze doors of the Florence ...
The Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata is an Italian Renaissance sculpture by Donatello, dating from 1453, [1] today in the Piazza del Santo in Padua, Italy.It portrays the condottiere Erasmo da Narni, known as "Gattamelata", who served mostly under the Republic of Venice, which ruled Padua at the time.
The Sala di Donatello of the Bargello in Florence, the museum with the largest and best collection of Donatello's work. The following catalog of works by the Florentine sculptor Donatello (born around 1386 in Florence; died on December 13, 1466, in Florence) is based on the monographs by H. W. Janson (1957), Ronald Lightbown (1980), and John Pope-Hennessy (1996), as well as the catalogs of the ...
Sculptures by Donatello (c.1380s−1466) — the Italian Renaissance sculptor, based in the Republic of Florence. Pages in category "Sculptures by Donatello" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
Donatello, the bronze David (1440s?), Bargello Florence, h.158 cm David is a bronze statue of the biblical hero by the Italian Early Renaissance sculptor Donatello , probably made in the 1440s. Nude except for helmet and boots, it is famous as the first unsupported standing work of bronze cast during the Renaissance , and the first freestanding ...
Saint George (Italian: San Giorgio) is a marble sculpture by Donatello. It is one of fourteen sculptures commissioned by the guilds of Florence [1] to decorate the external niches of the Orsanmichele church. St. George was commissioned by the guild of the armorers and sword makers, the Arte dei Corazzai e Spadai.
The Feast of Herod is a bronze relief sculpture created by Donatello circa 1427. It was made for the font of the Siena Baptistery of San Giovanni in Italy. It is one of Donatello's earliest relief sculptures, and his first bronze relief. [1] The sculpture is noted for Donatello's use of perspective. [2] The piece is 60 by 61 centimeters.
Donatello's Saint Mark (1411–1413) is a marble statue that stands approximately 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) high and is displayed in the museum of the Orsanmichele church, Florence. It originally was displayed in an exterior niche of the church, where a copy now stands.