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Donatello’s “David” (c. 1435-40) presides over the grand, second-story hall of the Bargello Museum, elevated on a higher base than previously (though one shorter than the sculpture’s original ...
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, may have a new masterpiece. This putto sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is now believed to be by Donatello. Photo: Otis Norcross Fund, courtesy the Museum ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Reimagined for the sleek, glossy underground hangar of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Sainsbury Gallery, the ...
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is hosting a major new exhibition called Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance, showcasing the work of Renaissance master Donatello. London’s Victoria and ...
“Sculpture in the Age of Donatello,” a splendid small show of early-Renaissance Florentine works at the Museum of Biblical Art, on Broadway at Sixty-first Street, impelled me to haul down my very long ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. ‘David Victorious’ (1408), made from marble, was Donatello’s first major attempt at the biblical hero . . . . .
An exhibit in Florence puts the 15th-century sculptor at the epicenter of the Renaissance, presenting a master whose innovations transformed art history. By Elisabetta Povoledo FLORENCE, Italy — ...