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Donatello's bronze David is an Early Renaissance sculpture created in the 1440s and is notable for being the first unsupported standing male nude produced since classical antiquity. The work was commissioned by the Medici family and was originally placed in the courtyard of the Palazzo Medici in Flo...
Gattamelata is Donatello's bronze equestrian statue of the condottiere Erasmo da Narni, completed around 1453 and erected in the Piazza del Santo in Padua in front of the Basilica of Saint Anthony. Commissioned by Erasmo's family after his death in 1443, the monument stands approximately 3.4 metres...
Donatello's Mary Magdalene is a wooden sculpture from mid-15th-century Florence, depicting the saint as an emaciated, penitent figure with flowing hair and hollow features. Created around 1453-1455, it demonstrates Donatello's innovative realism and departure from idealized religious figures. The sc...
The Bust of Niccolò da Uzzano is a polychrome terracotta sculpture widely attributed to the early Renaissance master Donatello, dating to approximately 1430. The work depicts the prominent Florentine politician and is noted for its striking naturalism, moving away from the idealized portraits of the...
Saint George is a marble statue by Donatello, created around 1415 for a niche on the exterior of the church of Orsanmichele in Florence. It was commissioned by the Armourers' Guild, whose patron saint was George. The figure is noted for the alert, naturalistic stance and the carved relief on the bas...
