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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.
Erasmo of Narni was born in Narni, in Umbria, into a poor family.His station in life led him to the military, initially under the Assisi lord [2] Cecchino Broglia. Later, together with his friend Brandolino Brandolini, he served under Braccio da Montone, one of the leading Italian condottieri of the 15th century, [3] lord of Perugia from 1416.
In 1443, Donatello was called to Padua by the heirs of the famous condottiere Erasmo da Narni (better known as the Gattamelata, or 'Honey-Cat'), who had died that year. Designing and planning his Equestrian Monument of Gattamelata probably began that year or the next, with the casting mostly done in 1447 or 1448, and the bronze work finished 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
Also within the round sculpture, Donatello was the precursor of the figure on horseback (in bronze) in homage to a great personage and placed in the center of a public square. The first equestrian statue by Donatello was the one known as Gattamelata (condottiero Erasmo de Narni). [24] [25] [26] Gaia Fountain in Siena.
An extra dimension is added to the facade by the huge plinth and dynamic Equestrian statue of Gattamelata by Donatello. [ 2 ] Established in 1396 the Veneranda Arca di S. Antonio is the organisation tasked with the conservation and maintenance of the structure belonging to the Basilica di St. Anthony of Padua and its connected buildings.
Generally, "sculpture of any quality" was more expensive than an equivalent in painting, and when in bronze dramatically so. The painted Equestrian Monument of Niccolò da Tolentino of 1456 by Andrea del Castagno appears to have cost only 24 florins, while Donatello's equestrian bronze of Gattamelata, several years earlier, has been "estimated conservatively" at 1,650 florins.
It has been suggested that Donato, among other Paduan humanists, like Ciriaco, Francesco Barbaro, Jacopo Zeno, Palla Strozzi, and Leon Battista Alberti, may have influenced the classicism of the work of Donatello—especially his equestrian monument to Gattamelata—during his Paduan years (1444–53), when he had a studio near the Santo. [16]