Donatello was born on 1386 in Florence, Italy by the name Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi. (library p.1). His father, Niccolo di Betto Bardi, was a wool comber. It is thought that he learned his career from one of the stone sculptors for the Cathedral of Florence around 1400 (britannica p.3). He assisted Filippo Brunelleschi, with whom he may have visited Rome and studied monuments of antiquity there (Blood p.1). Donatello started sculpting at the age of twenty. Donatello created masterpieces with stone, clay, bronze, or gold (Poeschke p.376). He is said to have worked in Lorenzo Ghiberti's shop and also had a shop of his own in Florence. Later in life he studied Roman Ruins and beca

me a humanist. Donatello died on December 13, 1466 at the age of eighty. He never married and had no children (Blood p.1).

(Poeschke p.381). This relief can be seen on page ten, image three.

which was invented by Brunellischi a few years before (britannica p.2). The Feast of Herod is one of the reliefs completed by Donatello using the method Schiacciato. This relief was completed between 1425-1427. It was one of two panels ordered from Jacopo della Quercia for the baptismal fonts of Siena Cathedral (artchive p.3). Originally, both

mercenary commanders were honored with equestrian portraits wither painted or sculpted in their memory (Poeschke p.398). Donatello was commissioned to make the statue.

Donatello.17 Jan. 2001. *http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/7/0,5716,31407+2+30901,00.html*

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