Works in Siena
by DONATELLO

The baptismal font in the Baptistery in Siena, designed by Jacopo della Quercia, is the result of a cooperation of the best contemporary sculptors. The polygonal basin is Gothic from which a high Renaissance construction emerges. On the top there is the statue of St John made by Quercia. The bronze reliefs and the statues in the niches are the works of Quercia, Donatello and Ghiberti.

In the works that followed the statues in the Baptistery of Siena - among them the Tombstone of Bishop Giovanni Pecci in the Cathedral of Siena - Donatello returned to the flattened relief, pushing its expressive possibilities to the utmost limits.

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Baptismal font
c. 1417
Marble, gilded bronze, enamel, height 402 cm
Baptistery, Siena


Herod's Banquet
1427
Bronze, 60 x 60 cm
Baptistery, Siena


Herod's Banquet (detail)
1427
Bronze
Baptistery, Siena


Faith
1427-29
Bronze, height 52 cm
Baptistery, Siena


Faith
1427-29
Bronze, height 52 cm
Baptistery, Siena


Faith
1427-29
Bronze, height 52 cm
Baptistery, Siena


Hope
1427-29
Bronze, height 52 cm
Baptistery, Siena


Hope
1427-29
Bronze, height 52 cm
Baptistery, Siena


Hope
1427-29
Bronze, height 52 cm
Baptistery, Siena


Small angel
c. 1417
Bronze
Baptistery, Siena


Small angel
c. 1417
Bronze
Baptistery, Siena


Baptismal font (detail)
c. 1417
Marble, gilded bronze, enamel, height 402 cm
Baptistery, Siena


Tombstone of Bishop Giovanni Pecci
c. 1426
Bronze, 247 x 88 cm
Duomo, Siena



Summary of sculptures by Donatello
Early works
John XXIII | David | Duomo | Orsanmichele | Siena | Various
Mature works
Cantoria | Basilica di Santo | Prato Pulpit | San Lorenzo | Various
Late works
Judith and Holofernes | Pulpits of San Lorenzo | Various



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