Donatello, 500th anniversary of his birth
Medal
1886 (made)
1886 (made)
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This medal made by Luigi Frullini in 1886 in Italy commemorates the Italian sculptor Donatello's 500th anniversary of his birth. Dontello was the most imaginative and versatile Florentine sculptor of the early Renaissance, famous for his rendering of human character and for his dramatic narratives. He achieved these ends by studying ancient Roman sculpture and amalgamating its ideas with an acute and sympathetic observation of everyday life. Together with Alberti, Brunelleschi, Masaccio and Uccello, Donatello created the Italian Renaissance style, which he introduced to Rome, Siena and Padua at various stages of his career. He was long-lived and prolific: between 1401 and 1461 there are 400 documentary references to him, some for nearly every year. However, there is no contemporary biography, and the earliest account, in Vasari’s Vite (1550), is confused.
Object details
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Title | Donatello, 500th anniversary of his birth (named collection) |
Materials and techniques | Iron |
Brief description | Medal, iron, Donatello, 500th anniversary of his birth, by Luigi Frullini, Italian, 1886 |
Object history | This medal accompanied by a note saying "not numbered" - found in A.M.S. (Art Museum Store) 1933". Written on with a group of unnumbered medals RF 96/1279. |
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Summary | This medal made by Luigi Frullini in 1886 in Italy commemorates the Italian sculptor Donatello's 500th anniversary of his birth. Dontello was the most imaginative and versatile Florentine sculptor of the early Renaissance, famous for his rendering of human character and for his dramatic narratives. He achieved these ends by studying ancient Roman sculpture and amalgamating its ideas with an acute and sympathetic observation of everyday life. Together with Alberti, Brunelleschi, Masaccio and Uccello, Donatello created the Italian Renaissance style, which he introduced to Rome, Siena and Padua at various stages of his career. He was long-lived and prolific: between 1401 and 1461 there are 400 documentary references to him, some for nearly every year. However, there is no contemporary biography, and the earliest account, in Vasari’s Vite (1550), is confused. |
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Accession number | A.26-1997 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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