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When was Donatello’s equestrian statue of Gattamelata made and installed?
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David, bronze sculpture by Donatello, early 15th century; in the Bargello Museum, Florence.
Donatello’s bronze equestrian statue of the Venetian condottiere Erasmo da Narni, known as Gattamelata, was completed between 1447 and 1450. It was subsequently installed on its pedestal in the Piazza del Santo in Padua, Italy, in 1453.1