Donatello's St. Lawrence for nine months at Palazzo Venezia

The famous San Lorenzo, the terracotta bust made by Donatello (Florence, 1386 - 1466) and now in the collection of Peter Silverman and Kathleen Onorato, from July 12 will be on display for nine months in Rome’s Palazzo Venezia. The initiative, promoted by the Polo Museale del Lazio, is part of Artcity Estate 2018. The San Lorenzo is a work that was made for the main portal of the Pieve di San Lorenzo in Borgo San Lorenzo in Mugello, about forty kilometers from Florence. The date seems to fall around 1440, in the same years in which the great Renaissance sculptor made the bronze David and thus just before his crucial stay in Padua.

Formerly in the collections of the princes of Liechtenstein, it was rediscovered by critics only in 2003, with its entry into the collection of Peter Silverman and Kathleen Onorato. The bust is currently considered one of the most serious and important acquisitions to Donatello’s catalog.

Donatello's St. Lawrence for nine months at Palazzo Venezia

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