DETAILS
- Artist
- Donatello
- Date
- 1430
- Medium
- Stucco and colored glass (in halo)
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- Overall (wt. confirmed): H. 45 x W. 28 in., 113lb. (114.3 x 71.1 cm, 51.2565kg)
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THE ARTIST
Donatello
1386–1466 · Republic of FlorenceDonatello, a pioneering Florentine sculptor, brought classical monumentality and expressiveness back to art, creating the first freestanding nude male sculpture since antiquity with his bronze David.