Donatello - Renaissance, Sculpture, Padua

Donatello - Renaissance, Sculpture, Padua: In 1443, when Donatello was about to start work on two much more ambitious pairs of bronze doors for the sacristies of the cathedral, he was lured to Padua by a commission for a bronze equestrian statue of a famous Venetian condottiere, Erasmo da Narmi, popularly called Gattamelata (“The Honeyed Cat”), who had died shortly before. Such a project was unprecedented—indeed, scandalous—for bronze equestrian monuments had been the sole prerogative of rulers since the days of the Roman Empire. The execution of the monument was plagued by delays. Donatello did most of the work between 1447 and 1450, yet the

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Donatello - Renaissance, Sculpture, Padua

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Famous Renaissance sculpture - Gattamelata by Donatello, equestrian statue of Venetian condottiere Erasmo da Narni. Padua, Italy Stock Photo - Alamy

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Visualizing the Immaculate Conception: Donatello, Francesco della Rovere, and the High Altar and Choir Screen at the Church of the Santo in Padua, Renaissance Quarterly

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Renaissance masterpieces in terracotta, from Donatello to Riccio. On display in Padua

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Donatello Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi, Miracle of the Ass, 1447