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Also Known As Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi
Born c.1386 • Florence • Italy
Died December 13, 1466 • Florence • Italy
Movement / Style Early Renaissance • Renaissance

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Donatello: David
Marble statue of David by Donatello, displayed on a pedestal in the Museo del Bargello, Florence, showing David standing with one foot on Goliath's severed head.
Marble statue of Saint George by Donatello, standing in a niche holding a shield, at Orsanmichele Church in Florence, Italy.
Copy of Donatello's Saint Mark
Bronze equestrian statue of Gattamelata by Donatello, showing a man in armor holding a baton while mounted on a horse, set on a stone pedestal in Padua, Italy.
Donatello: St. George
Figure 156: David, bronze sculpture by Donatello, c. 1430-35. In the Bargello, Florence. Height 1.58 m.
Equestrian statue of Gattamelata, bronze sculpture by Donatello, 1447–53; in the Piazza del Santo, Padua, Italy.
Donatello's bronze equestrian statue of Erasmo da Narni, known as Gattamelata, shows the armored condottiere on horseback atop a stone pedestal in Padua, Italy.
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