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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 ...
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The figure's wings are those of a cupid (a putto or Eros), while the leggings uncovering the buttocks and pubis are those of Attis.Other proposals for its identity are Perseus, Priapus, Mercury (according to Muntz), Harpocrates, a faun (according to Venturi), Cupid-Hercules, Mithras, Eros-Patheos, a personification of drunkenness, a child genius or a half-demon half-angel child spirit. [3]
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 ...
All accounts describe Donatello as amiable and well-liked, but rather poor at the business side of his career. [3] Like (not only) Michelangelo in the next century, he tended to accept more commissions than he could handle, [4] and many works were either completed some years late, handed to other sculptors to finish, or never produced.
By viewing from an angle, the emphasis is on Holofernes' neck, flanked by both of Judith's legs underneath her garments, and is the center of attention as Judith pulls her arm back to strike. This would render the inscription "Behold the neck of pride served by the hand of humility" the most accurately depicted.
Donatello (c.1386−1466) — a renowned Florentine and Early Italian Renaissance sculptor, working in the Republic of Florence Subcategories. This category has only ...
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.