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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.
Orsanmichele Orsanmichele, with Donatello's Saint George left of the corner. Orsanmichele (pronounced [orsammiˈkɛːle]; "Kitchen Garden of St. Michael", from the Tuscan contraction of the Italian word orto) is a church in the Italian city of Florence.
Nevertheless, according to a story in Vasari, Donatello had trouble with his first statue for Orsanmichele, a marble St. Mark (1411–1413) for the linen-weavers guild. Viewing the finished statue at ground level, the weavers did not like it. Donatello got them to put it in its niche and cover it up while he worked to improve it.
The Ascension with Christ giving the Keys to St. Peter, 1428–1430, in typical very low relief. [145] Donatello, "the most inflential individual artist of the 15th century", [146] started receiving significant commissions in about 1408, mostly in marble, and by 1411 his Saint Mark was commissioned for the Orsanmichele. For the next half ...
Donatello was still alive when due to political pressure the Parte Guelfa had to give up their prestigious representational space at Orsanmichele, the economical centre of Florence. The statue was instead taken to "the next best location" (Janson), Santa Croce , which their patron saint Louis of Anjou had visited and therefore the Guelphs were ...
Nanni carved St. Luke (San Luca), a statue of the Christian evangelist, as part of a commission by the Operai in 1408 for the creation of four seated marble Evangelists to flank the facade of the main entrance to the cathedral, a series which included Donatello's St. John, Bernardo Ciuffagni's St. Matthew and Niccolò di Pietro Lamberti's St. Mark.
Italiano: Museo di Orsanmichele - MIBAC This is a photo of a monument which is part of cultural heritage of Italy . This monument participates in the contest Wiki Loves Monuments Italia 2014 .
Saint George Freeing the Princess is a marble stiacciato bas-relief sculpture by Donatello, sculpted around 1416 or 1417. [1] It was originally situated under the same artist's Saint George on an external niche of the church of Orsanmichele in Florence; both works are now in the Bargello Museum, with replicas replacing them in their original positions.