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Donatello

Donatello

c. 1386 CE–c. 1466 CE · Sculptor · Florence

Donatello, born Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi in Florence around 1386, was a sculptor of the early Italian Renaissance. Trained as a goldsmith and in the workshop of Lorenzo Ghiberti, he worked in marble, bronze, wood, and terracotta, and developed the shallow-relief technique known as rilievo schiacciato. His works include the marble and bronze figures for Florence Cathedral and Or San Michele, the bronze David, the equestrian monument to Gattamelata in Padua, and the wooden Mary Magdalene. He worked across Florence, Rome, Padua, and Siena, often for the Medici and church patrons, and died in Florence on 13 December 1466.

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Filippo Brunelleschi, Fra Angelico, Sandro Botticelli, Amerigo Vespucci

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