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Exhibition Review
Donatello in Florence, Berlin and London
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 761–771
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Author:
Röstel, Alexander (Röstel, Alexander )
Subjects
artists:
Donatello
artists:
Desiderio da Settignano / Robbia, Luca della / Michelozzo di Bartolomeo / Mantegna, Andrea / Lippi, Filippo / Domenico Veneziano / Baroncelli, Niccolò / Bronzino, Agnolo / Michelangelo / Berruguete, Alonso / Masaccio
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy / Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Renaissance art / Renaissance sculpture / Workshops (Organisations) / Exhibitions / Displays / Attributions
Reviewed Items
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Donatello. Inventor of the Renaissance, Berlin, 2nd September 2022–8th January 2023. | :
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Donatello. Sculpting the Renaissance, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 11th February–11th June 2023. | :
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Donatello. The Renaissance, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 19th March–31st July 2022. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Virgin and Child (The Pazzi Madonna), by Donatello. c.1420–25. Marble, 74.5 by 73 by 6.5 cm. (Bode-Museum, Berlin; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
10. Installation view of Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance at Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2023, showing a group of sculptures depicting the Virgin and Child.
Attributed works:
11. Virgin and Child (The Piot Madonna), by Donatello and workshop. c.1440. Terracotta with traces of gilding, inset with wax medallions under glass, diameter 75 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and Victoria & Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
12. Virgin and Child (The Dudley Madonna), by Donatello. c.1440. Marble, 27 by 16.5 by 2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
13. Flagellation and Crucifixion (The Forzori Altar), by Donatello. c.1450. Terracotta, 54.5 by 30.4 by 4.5 cm. (Flagellation), 53.5 by 27 by 5 cm. (Crucifixion) and 11.6 by 48.4 by 2.3 cm. (predella). (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
2. Amor–Attis, by Donatello. c.1435–40. Bronze, partially gilded, 103 by 55 by 45 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
3. The feast of Herod, by Donatello. c.1423–27. Gilded bronze, 60 by 59.7 by 9 cm. (Baptistery of S. Giovanni, Siena; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence).
Attributed works:
4. Installation view of Donatello: The Renaissance at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 2022, showing on the right St Louis of Toulouse by Donatello.
Attributed works:
5. Ascension with Christ giving the keys to St Peter, by Donatello. c.1428–30. Marble, 40.6 by 114.3 by 5.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
6. Capital for the pulpit of Prato Cathedral, by Donatello and Michelozzo. 1433. Bronze, 94.5 by 143.5 by 50 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Prato; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
7. David, by Donatello. c.1408–16. Marble, 191 by 57.5 by 32 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
8. Installation view of Donatello: Inventor of the Renaissance at the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, 2022, showing the Martelli David and Bronzino’s portrait of Ugolino Martelli.
Attributed works:
9. Installation view of Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance at Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2023.
Article
Donatello, musical sculpture, and the shock of sound
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 904-915
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Author:
Bloch , Amy R. (Bloch , Amy R.)
Subjects
artists:
Donatello / Robbia, Luca della / Michelozzo di Bartolomeo
buildings:
Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Italy / Duomo di Siena, Siena, Italy / Sant'Angelo a Nilo, Naples, Italy / San Lorenzo, Old Sacristy, Florence, Italy / Prato Cathedral, Prato, Italy
buildings:
Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
dates:
1400-1499
media:
Sculpture / Reliefs / Marbles / Bronzes / Mosaics / Gilding
places:
Florence / Siena / Prato / Naples
subjects:
Harmony / Musical instruments / Organs / Dance / Cantorie / Pulpits / spiritelli (sprites) / Angels / Mary, Virgin: Assumption
subjects:
Italian sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail of Fig.6.
Attributed works:
10. Detail of Fig.6.
Attributed works:
11. Detail of Fig.6, showing Head of a man, by Donatello and workshop. c.1439 (gilded 1456). Bronze with traces of gilding, 45 by 35 by 30 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence).
Attributed works:
12. Detail of Fig.6, showing Head of a man, by Donatello and workshop, with Michelozzo (?). c.1439 (gilded 1456). Bronze with traces of gilding, 45 by 35 by 33 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence).
Attributed works:
13. Martyrs’ door of the Old Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence, by Donatello. c.1437–43, bronze, 235 by 109 cm. (Alinari Archives, Florence).
Attributed works:
14. Apostles’ door of the Old Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence, by Donatello. c.1437–43, bronze, 235 by 109 cm. (Alinari Archives, Florence).
Attributed works:
15. Detail of Fig.13
Attributed works:
16. Detail of Fig.14, with one handle rotated.
Attributed works:
2. Winged trumpeter from the font in the baptistery of Siena Cathedral, by Donatello. 1429. Bronze, height 36 cm. (Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. Detail of the tomb of Rainaldo Brancacci in Sant’Angelo a Nilo, Naples, by Donatello and Michelozzo. c.1426–28. Marble. (Scala).
Attributed works:
4. Feast of Herod from the font in the baptistery of Siena Cathedral, by Donatello. 1423–27. Bronze with gilding, 60 by 60 cm. (Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. Cantoria, by Luca della Robbia. 1431–38. Marble, 328 by 560 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
6. Cantoria, by Donatello. 1433–39. Marble, glass, ceramic, gold, bronze, 348 by 570 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
7. Pulpit of the Cathedral of Santo Stefano, Prato, by Donatello and Michelozzo. 1428–38 (figural reliefs by Donatello, 1433–38). Marble, ceramic, gold, each relief 73.5 by 79 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Prato; photographed post-restoration).
Attributed works:
8. The Cavalcanti Annunciation in S. Croce, Florence, by Donatello. c.1428–33. Partially gilded sandstone (macigno), height 420 cm.; width at base 248 cm.; width at top 274 cm. (Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
9. Detail of Fig.6. (Alinari Archives, Florence).
Article
San Lorenzo: The 1434 Chapel Project
06/1978 | 903 | 120
Pages: 360-364
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Author:
Saalman, Howard (Saalman, Howard)
Subjects
artists:
Brunelleschi, Filippo
artists:
Michelozzo di Bartolomeo
buildings:
San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy
dates:
1400-1449
patrons:
Medici family
places:
Italy / Florence
sources:
Manetti, Antonio di Tuccio
subjects:
Italian architecture / Churches / Chapels
subjects:
Documents
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
4. Plan of San Lorenzo, Florence. (Uffizi A 7984). Photo. Gabinetto Fotografico. Sopr. Gallerie-Firenze. 6. Sacristry of San Lorenzo, Florence. Photo. Phyllis Dearborn-Massar. 7. View of the Nave with Side Chapels, San Lorenzo, Florence. Photo. Phyllis Dearborn-Massar.
Western art unattributed:
A. 1434 Project Reconstruction of San Lorenzo, Florence. Isometric.
Book Review
Early Italian Architecture
01/1978 | 898 | 120
Pages: 27-31
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Reviewer:
Saalman, Howard (Saalman, Howard)
Subjects
artists:
Alberti, Leon Battista
artists:
Sangallo, Giuliano da
artists:
Brunelleschi, Filippo
artists:
Michelozzo di Bartolomeo
artists:
Francesco di Giorgio Martini
artists:
Leonardo da Vinci
dates:
1400-1499
places:
Italy
subjects:
Italian / Architecture
subjects:
Italian architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Architecture in Italy, 1400 to 1600. Part One. The Quattrocento | author: Heydenreich, Ludwig H.
Article
Sources for a Reconstruction of the Villa Medici, Fiesole
10/1969 | 799 | 111
Pages: 597-605
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Author:
Bargellini, Clara (Bargellini, Clara)
Author:
Prey, Pierre de la Ruffinière du (Prey, Pierre de la Ruffinière du; Du Prey, Pierre de la Ruffinière)
Subjects
artists:
Michelozzo di Bartolomeo
buildings:
Villa Medici, Fiesole, Italy
dates:
1400-1499
places:
Italy / Florence
places:
England
sources:
Vasari, Giorgio
subjects:
Rolle, Margaret, Lady Orford, 1709-1781
subjects:
Mann, Horace
subjects:
Walpole, Horace, Fourth Earl of Orford, 1717-1797
subjects:
Italian architecture / Country houses / Reconstructions
subjects:
Spence, William Blundell
Illustrations
Attributed works:
36. Photograph of the Villa Medici, Fiesole. Photo Alinari.
Attributed works:
37. Detail from Annunciation, by Biagio d'Antonio. (Accademia di S. Luca, Rome.) Photo G. F. N., Rome.
Attributed works:
38. Detail from Assumption, by Domenico Ghirlandaio. Fresco. (S. M. Novella, Florence). Photo Sovrintendenza, Florence.
Attributed works:
39. Detail from Plate 42 of Zocchi's Vedute delle Ville e Altri Luoghi Della Toscana, Florence, 1744. Photo New York Public Library.
Attributed works:
40. Plan of Villa Medici, Fiesole. The Viale is at the Right. Photo American Academy, Rome; By Courtesy of Prof. Norman Newton, the Author of the Plan.
Attributed works:
41. Reconstruction of East Façade, Villa Medici, Fiesole. Broken Lines Indicate Original Roofline, Southern Arch, and Window Sills. Hatching Indicates Segment Added by Lady Orford. Authors' Reconstruction.
Attributed works:
42. Buonaiuti's Villa Medici, Fiesole, 1826. (Museo di Firenze Com'era.) Photo Pierre de la Ruffiniére du Prey.
Attributed works:
43. Buonaiuti's Villa Medici from S. Domenico, 1826. (Museo di Firenze Com'era.) Photo Pierre de la Ruffiniére du Prey.
Attributed works:
44. East Loggia, Villa Medici, Fiesole. Photo Brogi.
Attributed works:
45. Detail from Original Drawing for Plate 39 of Zocchi's Vedute delle Ville e Altri Luoghi Della Toscana, Florence, 1744. (Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.)
Article
Michelozzo Studies
05/1966 | 758 | 108
Pages: 242-250
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Author:
Saalman, Howard (Saalman, Howard)
Subjects
artists:
Michelozzo di Bartolomeo
buildings:
Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
buildings:
Santa Maria dell'Impruneta, Florence, Italy
dates:
1400-1449
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Italian architecture
subjects:
Cloisters / Chapels
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. View of Santa Croce, 1718. (Museo dell'Opera, Santa Croce, Florence). After P. Gustavo Cocci, Museo di S. Croce, Florence, 1964.
Western art unattributed:
20. Loggia under Baroncelli Chapel (Plan I, 2) Facing East. Santa Croce, Florence. Photo Phyllis Dearborn Massar.
Western art unattributed:
21. Loggia under Novitiate Corridor (Plan I, 13) Facing South. Santa Croce, Florence. Photo Phyllis Dearborn Massar.
Western art unattributed:
23. Underpass to Spinelli Cloister (Plan I, 20) Facing South. Santa Croce, Florence.
Western art unattributed:
24. Ex-Dormitory, Ground Floor Facing South (Plan I, 16). Present Refectory. Santa Croce, Florence. Photo Soprintendenza ai Monumenti,
Western art unattributed:
25. View of Loggia (Plan I, 18) and ex-Library (Plan I, 19). Santa Croce, Florence.
Western art unattributed:
26. View of Pazzi Chapel and Surroundings, c.1890. Santa Croce, Florence. Photo Soprintendenza alle Gallerie.
Western art unattributed:
27. Salviati Chapel (c.1446 f.) Seen from North-West. Northern Flanking Loggia at Right. Santa Croce, Florence.
Western art unattributed:
28. Ex-Dormitory, Ground Floor. Underpinnings of (Medici) Stairway (Plan I, 15 b). Santa Croce, Florence. Photo. Soprintendenza ai Monumenti.
Western art unattributed:
29. Salviati Chapel (c.1446 f.) Santa Croce, Florence. Photo Phyllis Dearborn Massar.
Western art unattributed:
30. View Facing Cloister Entrance (West) and Spinelli Loggias (Plan I, 23a, 23b). Santa Croce, Florence.
Western art unattributed:
31. Northern Flanking Loggia, Seen from West. Salviati Chapel in Background. Santa Croce, Florence.
Western art unattributed:
32. Salviati Chapel. Pilaster Capital (c.1446 f.) Santa Croce, Florence. Photo. Phyllis Dearborn Massar.
Western art unattributed:
33. Pieve di Santa Maria, Impruneta.
Western art unattributed:
34. Second Cloister (After 1438). Pieve, Impruneta.
Western art unattributed:
35. Second Cloister. Upper loggia (after 1438). Pieve, Impruneta.
Western art unattributed:
36. Underpass and Stairway from First to Second Cloister (After 1438). Pieve, Impruneta.
Western art unattributed:
37. First Cloister (after 1438). Pieve, Impruneta.
Western art unattributed:
38. Reinforcement Wall (Dated 10th May 1443) Flanking Pazzi Chapel under Castellani Chapel (Plan I, 4, E). Santa Croce, Florence. Photo Soprintendenza ai Monumenti.
Western art unattributed:
39. Cell Block (? 1430's). San Domenico, Florence - Fiesole. Photo Kunsthistorisches Institut, Florence.
Western art unattributed:
40. Pazzi Chapel, Seen from East (Plan I, 14, J). Santa Croce, Florence.
Western art unattributed:
41. Cloister during Restoration (1964). Santa Croce, Florence. Photo Soprintendenza ai Monumenti.
Western art unattributed:
Santa Croce, Florence Cloister Complex
Book Review
Florentine Sculptors of the Renaissance
01/1909 | 70 | 14
Pages: 241-243
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Subjects
artists:
Donatello
artists:
Michelozzo di Bartolomeo
artists:
Della Quercia, Jacopo
artists:
Robbia, Luca della
artists:
Laurana, Francesco
artists:
Michelangelo
artists:
Spinelli, Niccolò
artists:
Bertoldo di Giovanni
places:
Italy / Germany / England
places:
Florence
subjects:
Sculpture / Renaissance / Translations
subjects:
Italian sculpture
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Portraits
subjects:
Iconography / Medals / Attributions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Florentine Sculptors of the Renaissance | author: Bode, Wilhelm von
Book Review
Florentiner Bildhauer der Renaissance
07/1904 | 16 | 5
Pages: 418-419
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Reviewer:
Loeser, Charles (Loeser, Charles; L., C.)
Subjects
artists:
Michelozzo di Bartolomeo
artists:
Donatello
artists:
Robbia, Luca della
dates:
1450-1499
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Architecture / Sculpture / Florence / 1400-1499
subjects:
Italian sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Florentiner Bildhauer der Renaissance | author: Bode, Wilhelm von
Article
A Lost "Adoration of the Magi" by Sandro Botticelli
03/1903 | 1 | 1
Pages: 63-64+66-67+69-71+73-74
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Author:
Horne, Herbert P. (Horne, Herbert P.; H., H. P.; Horne, H. P.)
Subjects
artists:
Botticelli, Sandro
artists:
Leonardo da Vinci
artists:
Michelozzo di Bartolomeo
artists:
Pollaiolo, Antonio del
artists:
Lippi, Filippo
buildings:
Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy
dates:
1400-1499
media:
Paintings
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Italian painting / Attributions
subjects:
Lost works / Frescoes
works:
Botticelli, Sandro / Adoration of the magi
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Collection of Mr. James Knowles. Fragments of a Copy of a Lost "Adoration of the Magi," by Sandro Botticelli
Attributed works:
Collection of Mr. W. S. Brough. Fragments of a Copy of a Lost "Adoration of the Magi," by Sandro Botticelli
Attributed works:
The Adoration of the Magi, from the Unfinished Painting by Sandro Botticelli in the Uffizi, Florence. Photograph by Alinari
Attributed works:
The Adoration of the Magi. A Free Copy of a Lost Original by Sandro Botticelli. From the Painting in the Uffizi. Florence. Photograph by Houghton