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The statue is directed away from the Piazza and the Cathedral complex. The Equestrian statue of Gattamelata is a sharp departure from earlier, post-Classical equestrian statues, such as the Gothic Bamberg Horseman (c. 1230s). While the Bamberg Horseman depicts a German emperor, it lacks the dimension, power, and naturalism of Gattamelata. While ...
Erasmo Stefano of Narni (1370 – 16 January 1443), better known by his nickname of Gattamelata (meaning "Honeyed Cat"), was an Italian condottiero of the Renaissance. He was born in Narni , and served a number of Italian city-states: he began with Braccio da Montone , served the Papal States and Florence , as well as the Republic of Venice in ...
The earliest surviving Renaissance equestrian statue: Equestrian statue of Gattamelata by Donatello, on Piazza del Santo (Padua), 1453. This is a list of equestrian statues in Italy. Frequently represented persons: Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807–1882) Victor Emmanuel II (1820–1878), Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II
Another view. Verrocchio based the sculpture on Donatello's statue of Gattamelata, as well as on the ancient statue of Marcus Aurelius in Rome, the St. Mark's Horses in Venice, the Regisole (a late antiquity work in Pavia, now lost), and the frescoes of the Funerary Monument to Sir John Hawkwood by Paolo Uccello and of the Equestrian Monument of Niccolò da Tolentino by Andrea del Castagno.
This horse head from Suasa was once part of a large equestrian monument. c. 40 AD. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.. Such statues frequently commemorated military leaders, and those statesmen who wished to symbolically emphasize the active leadership role undertaken since Roman times by the equestrian class, the equites (plural of eques) or knights.
Equestrian statue of Gattamelata; F. The Feast of Herod (Donatello) H. High altar of the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua; Huldschinsky Madonna (sculpture) J.
Equestrian statue of Gattamelata; L. Leonardo's horse; M. Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius; Equestrian Monument to Giuseppe Missori, Milan; Monument of Aemilius ...
Erasmo da Narni, also known as Gattamelata (1370–1443) Niccolò Piccinino (1380–1444) Micheletto Attendolo (Muzio Attendolo's cousin or nephew, c. 1390 – c. 1451) Francesco Sforza (1401–1466) Onorata Rodiani (1403–1452) Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417–1468) Bartolomeo Colleoni (c. 1400–1475) Federico III da Montefeltro (1422 ...