Tag: Donatello

Il martirio di San Sebastiano (c.1460)

Donatello (1386-1466) Il martirio di San Sebastiano (The martyrdom of Saint Sebastian) c.1460 Bronze, 26 x 24 cm Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris This bronze plaquette was already famous when it entered the Edouard André Collection. A masterpiece by the sculptor Donatello, the perspective…

Madonna col Bambino (c.1445)

Donatello (1386-1466) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1445 Gilded bronze, marble, 87 x 51 x 12 cm; bronze tondo: 27 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The Madonna in Donatello’s bronze relief sits modestly on the ground, thus inviting the viewer to…

Madonna col Bambino (1466)

Donatello (1386-1466) & workshop Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) 1466 Terra cotta relief, in painted decor with gilt carved wood bracket, 56.5 x 40.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Donatello was the leading sculptor in Florence during the fifteenth century when…

Banchetto di Erode (c.1435)

Donatello (1386-1466) Banchetto di Erode (The Banquet of Herod) c.1435 Marble, 50 x 71.3 x 5 cm Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille In this work, Donatello, one of the greatest Renaissance sculptors, used the rilievo stiacciato (flattened relief) technique that he himself…

Donatello

(1386–1466) Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi The artist’s works: David 1408–1409 Museo del Bargello, Firenze San Giorgio 1416–1417 Museo del Bargello, Firenze Marzocco 1418–1420 Museo del Bargello, Firenze Banchetto di Erode c.1435 Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille David c.1440 Museo del Bargello, Firenze Madonna col…