A new exhibition at London’s V&A explores the work of exquisitely talented Renaissance master Donatello – arguably the greatest sculptor of all time.

Donatello: Sculpting The Renaissance, at the V&A from 11 February to 11 June 2023, is the first major UK show exploring his work, featuring artworks never seen before in the UK.
It will spotlight Donatello’s inspirations, innovations and collaborations within the vibrant artistic and cultural context of fifteenth-century Italy, his influence on subsequent generations of artists and his impact on both the cultural and artistic development of this crucial time in the history of art.
Born circa 1386, Donatello was an important part of the vanguard of a revolution in sculptural practice in the early Renaissance. Working in the full range of sculptural materials and techniques including marble, bronze, wood, terracotta and stucco, he contributed to major commissions of church and state, was an intimate ally of the powerful Medici family and their circle in Florence, and was highly sought after in other Italian cities before his death in 1466. Works in the exhibition never seen before in the UK include Donatello?s early marble David and bronze Attis-Amorino from the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence, as well as the spectacular bust of San Rossore from the Museo Nazionale di San Matteo in Pisa, and bronzes from the High Altar of the Basilica of St Anthony in Padua.
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