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St. John the Baptist by Donatello

St. John the Baptist

Donatello · 1457

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DETAILS
Artist
Donatello
Date
1457
Medium
Plaster
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Collection
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture
Italian
Credit line
Purchase, Levi Hale Willard Bequest, 1895
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Donatello

1386–1466 · Republic of Florence

Donatello, 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.

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