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Which illness did Donatello receive treatment for in 1456?
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Donatello
David, bronze sculpture by Donatello, early 15th century; in the Bargello Museum, Florence.
In 1456, the Florentine physician Giovanni Chellini recorded in his account book that he had successfully treated Donatello for a protracted illness. The specific nature of this illness is not identified in the historical record beyond being described as a protracted condition.1