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	Donatello [Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi] (b Florence, 1386 or 1387; d Florence, 13 Dec 1466). Italian sculptor. He 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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	Donatello Antiquaries and antiquarian societies, §1: 16th century and before Bardi (i) Classicism, §4: Renaissance to 17th century Federighi, Antonio Gay and lesbian art, §1: Questions of identity, before the 1890s Humanism, §3: Humanism and the visual arts Italy, §IV, 3: Renaissance and Mannerist sculpture, c 1400–c 1600 Italy, §IX, 1: Gold and silver Lamentation group Rome, §III, 3: Art life and organization, 1420–1502 Siena, §II: Art life and organization assistants Andrea da Firenze (ii) Croatia, §IV: Decorative arts Giovanni da Pisa (ii) Pagno di Lapo Pizzolo, Niccolò Statuette, §II, 1(i)(a): 15th century: Central Italy Urbano da Cortona attributions Desiderio da Settignano, §1: Life and work Mann, Horace collaboration Ghiberti, Lorenzo (di Cione) Ghiberti: (1) Lorenzo Ghiberti, §II: Working methods and technique Giovanni Miniato Fora, del Isaia da Pisa Isaia da Pisa Maso di Bartolommeo Maso di Bartolommeo Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Florence, §II, 1(ii): Art life and organization, c 1400–c 1530 Michelozzo di Bartolomeo, §1(i): Life and career, 1420–40 Michelozzo di Bartolomeo, §2(i): Sculpture Naples, §II, 1: Art life and organization, before 1442 Prato Sarcophagus, §III, 3: Renaissance and after Nanni di Banco Nanni di Banco Nanni di Bartolo Florence, §IV, 1(iii)(b): Campanile sculpture Nanni di Bartolo Robbia, Luca (di Simone) della (1399/1400-82) Florence, §IV, 1(iv): Cathedral works copies France, §XIII, 1: Collecting and dealing: 14th and 15th centuries groups and movements Renaissance, §2: Early Renaissance, c 1300–1450 methods Modello, §II: Sculpted Perspective, §II, 2(i): Linear: Orthodox scientific Perspective, §III, 2: Non-linear: Origins, before the 16th century Relief sculpture, §1: Technique Relief sculpture, §2(vi): Renaissance patrons and collectors Bardini, Stefano Bardini, Stefano Camondo, Isaac de, Comte Camondo: (1) Isaac de Camondo Castiglione, Sabba da Castiglione, Sabba da Cosimo, Lord of Florence (reg 1434-64) Italy, §IV, 3(i)(a): Early Renaissance sculpture, c 1400–c 1480: Florence Medici, de’: (2) Cosimo de’ Medici Doni, Agnolo Doni, Agnolo Gondi, Bartolomeo Gondi Medici (family) Italy, §IV, 3(i)(a): Early Renaissance sculpture, c 1400–c 1480: Florence Italy, §XII, 4: Patronage: Renaissance, c 1400–c 1600 Medici, Giovanni (di Cosimo) de' (1421-63) Medici, de’: (4) Giovanni de’ Medici Museo Nazionale del Bargello Italy, §XIV, 5: Museums: The early nation state Nieuwerkerke(, Alfred-Emilien O'Hara), Comte de Nieuwerkerke Pourtalès-Gorgier, James-Alexandre, Comte de Pourtalès-Gorgier, James-Alexandre Robinson, John Charles Robinson, John Charles Salviati (family) Salviati Shaw, Quincy Adams Shaw, Quincy Adams Watson-Wentworth, Charles, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham Watson-Wentworth, Charles Widener, Joseph E. Widener, Joseph E. personal collection Rome, ancient, §IV, 3: Sculpture: Collections, museums and exhibitions pupils Bellano, Bartolomeo Bentivoglio Bertoldo di Giovanni, §1: Bronze reliefs and medals Italus, Franciscus, §IV, 3(i)(d): Sculpture: Renaissance and Mannerism, c. 1400–c. 1600: Early Renaissance, c. 1400–c. 1480 Niccolò di Giovanni Fiorentino Rossellino: (1) Bernardo Rossellino, §1(i): Life and sculpted works sculpture Classicism, §1: Introduction Italy, §III, 3(i)(a): Early Renaissance painting, c 1400–c 1500 Italy, §IV, 3(i)(a): Early Renaissance sculpture, c 1400–c 1480: Florence altarpieces Altarpiece, §2(ii)(b): Forms and development: c 1400– c 1600 architectural Façade decoration, §III, 3: Sculpture: Medieval and early Renaissance Florence, §IV, 1(i)(b): Cathedral sculpture Florence, §IV, 2: Orsanmichele Lamberti: (1) Niccolò di Piero Lamberti Monument, public, §4: Renaissance, Mannerism and Baroque Terracotta, §II, 2(i)(b): History and uses in the Western world: Sculpture, before the 17th century bronze Medici, de’: (1) Giovanni di Averardo de’ Medici Renaissance, §3: Renaissance, 1450–c 1500 busts Terracotta, §II, 2(i)(a): History and uses in the Western world: Sculpture crucifixes Crucifix, §3(ii): Sculpted: Renaissance doors Door, §II, 2: Western world, c 1400–c 1550 effigies Tomb, §VI, 2(i): Western world, before c 1600: Tomb-chests and slab tombs equestrian monuments Equestrian monument, §2: Early Renaissance Padua, §2: Art life and organization Statue, §2(ii)(b): After c 1400: Public monuments: Worthies fonts (baptismal) Font, §4: Renaissance Italy, §IV, 3(i)(c): Early Renaissance sculpture, c 1400–c 1480: Lucca, Siena & Bologna Jacopo della Quercia, §1(ii): 1408–25: Fonte Gaia, Siena, Trenta Chapel, Lucca, & related works Jacopo della Quercia, §1(iii): 1425–38: Reliefs for S Petronio, Bologna, and other late works Siena, §III, 1(ii): Cathedral sculpture plaquettes Plaquette, §3(i): Italy and Spain pulpits Florence, §IV, 5: S Lorenzo Landucci, Luca Pulpit, §2: c 1400–c 1570 reliefs Bartolommeo, Fra, §1(i)(a): Paintings, c 1495–1503 Italy, §IV, 3(i)(b): Early Renaissance sculpture, c 1400–c 1480: Rome Italy, §IV, 3(i)(a): Early Renaissance sculpture, c 1400–c 1480: Florence Paragone Tondo Il Santo (Padua) Campagna, Girolamo, §1: Training and early work, to c 1580 Franciscan Order, §II, 2: Iconography: Other Franciscan saints Padua, §4(i): Il Santo Santa Croce (Florence) Florence, §IV, 4: Santa Croce religious Display of art, §III, 2(i): Sculpture, c 1500–c 1700 Istoria Nude, §2: Middle Ages and Renaissance, to 1600 Statue, §2(i): After c 1400: Private works of art Orsanmichele (Florence) Acanthus, §1: Early development, before c 1600 S Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (Venice) Venice, §IV, 4: S Maria Gloriosa dei Frari stained glass Castagno, Andrea del, §1(i)(a): Documented and accepted works, c 1440–46 Florence, §IV, 1(i)(d): Cathedral stained glass Stained glass, §II, 1(iv): 1300–1539 Uccello, Paolo, §1(i): Training and early work, c 1412–43 studio Studio, §II, 1: History and development, before c 1450

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