Slide 1

Donatello
David,
1408-9; reworked 1416
Marble
6’3”
Bargello, Florence
(Commissioned by the
Opera del Duomo
for a buttress on
Florence cathedral; later
displayed at the Palazzo
dei Priori)
Donatello,
St. Mark
1411-13
Marble
7’10’’
Orsanmichele, Florence
(Comissioned by the guild of linen weavers)
St. Mark: Detail of winged lion on base
(possibly carved by Donatello)
St. Mark, detail
Donatello,
Marzocco,
c.1420
Marble
Bargello, Florence
Donatello,
Crucifix
c.1412-13
Wood
S. Croce, Florence
Donatello,
Crucifix
c.1450
Wood,
Convento di Bosco ai Frati,
Commune of S. Piero a Sieve
(recent attribution to Donatello)
Pocetti,
Drawing of Florence Cathedral façade
c.1580
Museo dell”Opera del Duomo, Florence
Donatello,
St. John the Evangelist,
Marble
1415
Museo dell”Opera del Duomo, Florence
(commissioned by the Opera del
Duomo for the façade of the Cathedral)
Side views of
Donatello’s St. John
and Nanni di Banco’s
St. Luke in the
Museo dell”Opera del Duomo, Florence
St. John, detail
St. John, detail
St. John,
detail
Donatello
St. George
c.1415-17
Marble
6’5”
Bargello, Florence
(removed from Orsanmichele,
Commissioned by the guild of
Armourers and sword-makers)
Predella: St. George and the Dragon
c.1417
Marble,
Bargello, Florence
(removed from Orsanmichele)
St. George, detail
St. George, detail
Predella, detail
Predella, detail
Donatello, Ascension of Christ and the Giving of Keys to St. Peter,
Marble relief panel, c.1420
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Detail of Christ
Donatello,
Pazzi Madonna
Marble
1420s-30s
Bodemuseum, Berlin
Michelangelo
Madonna of the Stairs
Marble,
1490-92
Casa Buonarroti, Florence
Donatello
Pazzi Madonna
Donatello,
Madonna of the Clouds
Marble relief
c.1425-30
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Donatello, Feast of Herod
Marble, c.1439
Musee des Beaux-arts, Lille