Donatello - Finestre sull'Arte

Restoration of Donatello's Gattamelata will begin in 2025, thanks to Friends of Florence and Save Venice

The Pontifical Delegation of the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua, with the American nonprofit organizations Friends of Florence and Save Venice, will fund the restoration of Donatello's equestrian monument to Gattamelata. The mid-15th-century bronze...
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Siena Cathedral's Baptismal Font, the work of the great Renaissance masters, restored

TheOpera della Metropolitana di Siena and theArchdiocese of Siena, Colle di Val d'Elsa and Montalcino conclude the restoration of the Baptismal Font in Siena Cathedral by returning it to visitors. The sculptural work created by Donatello, Jacopo dell...
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Florence, Bargello Museum acquires Donatello's Madonna of Via Pietrapiana

A very important acquisition for the National Museum of the Bargello in Florence: in fact, the museum's collection is enriched with Donatello's famous Madonna of Via Pietrapiana , thus adding to the institute's important Donatello nucleus, which hous...
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The restoration of Donatello's San Marco, one year after its completion, told in a documentary

One year after the conclusion of the restoration of the marble sculpture depicting St. Mark, an early masterpiece by Donatello kept in the Orsanmichele Museum, the Bargello Museums and the Friends of Florence association, in collaboration with theOpi...
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Prato, important letter discovered concerning Donatello and the cathedral pulpit

Important discovery in Prato, where a letter concerning Donatello that had been lost in the 19th century has resurfaced. The missive was unveiled last May 5 at thePrato State Archives in the presence of Diana Marta Toccafondi, former superintendent o...
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Donatello, big exhibition kicks off at Palazzo Strozzi and Bargello

From March 19, 2022, to July 31, 2022, in Florence, Palazzo Strozzi and the Bargello Museums are hosting the exhibition Donatello, the Renaissance, an exhibition that aims to reconstruct the career of one of the most important and influential masters...
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From Donatello to Alessandro Vittoria: a major exhibition on Venetian sculpture in Venice

From April 22 to October 30, 2022, Galleria Giorgio Franchetti at Ca' d'Oro in Venice presents a major exhibition dedicated to Venetian sculpture, entitled From Donatello to Alessandro Vittoria, 1450 - 1600. 150 Years of Sculpture in the Republic of ...
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Florence, a major Donatello exhibition in 2022 at Palazzo Strozzi

A major exhibition on Donatello: Running from March 19, 2022 to July 31, 2022, the exhibition Donatello. The Renaissance in the Halls of Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, curated by Francesco Caglioti and organized in collaboration with the Bargello Museu...
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