Donatello and the Medici 1/31

BGSU ARTH 1460

Medici Palace building begun 144

Donatello David 1440–1460s gilt bronze 5’ 2” originally in Medici palace courtyard

Donatello, David, DETAIL: Head of Goliath with Helmet Relief of a “Triumph of Eros,” c. 1460s, partially gilt bronze, Museo del Bargello, Florence.

Donatello, Judith and Holofernes, late 1450s (?), partially gilt bronze, figures ht. 7’9”, probably commissioned by Piero de’ Medici for the garden of the Medici palace, now Palazzo Vecchio (Palazzo della Signoria), Florence

Garden of the Palazzo Medici, Florence, completed c. late 1450s

Donatello, Mary Magdalene, c. 1430 55, gilt and polychrome white poplar wood, 188 cm, originally installed in the Baptistery, now Museo dell’ Opera del Duomo, Florence