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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 ...
For Donatello's marble statue, see David (Donatello, marble). David is a bronze statue (circa 1440s) of the biblical hero by the Italian Early Renaissance sculptor Donatello. Nude except for helmet and boots, it dates to the 1440s or later. It is famous as the first unsupported standing work of bronze cast during the Renaissance, and the first ...
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. It is the first full-size equestrian ...
The Kansas City Renaissance Festival is a Renaissance fair held each fall in Bonner Springs, Kansas, United States, next to Sandstone Amphitheater. Each year the fair begins on Labor Day weekend and continues for seven weekends, open on Saturdays and Sundays as well as Labor Day and Columbus Day. The faire began in 1977 as a benefit for the ...
Bargello. David is a marble statue of the biblical hero by the Italian Renaissance sculptor Donatello. It was commissioned by the Opera del Duomo for the Florence Cathedral. Made in 1408-1409, it was an early work of Donatello's and marked his most important commission up to that point. In 1416, the Signoria of Florence called for the statue to ...
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (c.1386 – 13 December 1466), known mononymously as Donatello (English: / ˌdɒnəˈtɛloʊ /; [ 2 ]Italian: [donaˈtɛllo]), was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance period. [ a ] Born in Florence, he studied classical sculpture and used his knowledge to develop an Early Renaissance style of sculpture.
Sculpting The Renaissance will examine the Florentine artist’s ‘innovations, collaborations and inspirations’ within 15th century Italy.
188 cm. Location. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence. The Penitent Magdalene is a wooden sculpture of Mary Magdalene by the Italian Renaissance sculptor Donatello, now usually dated to around 1440. The sculpture was probably commissioned for the Baptistery of Florence. The piece was received with astonishment for its unprecedented realism.