DONATELLO
(b. ca. 1386, Firenze, d. 1466, Firenze)

Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata (detail)

1447-50
Bronze
Piazza del Santo, Padua

According to an expert, the uncovered head of Gattamelata seems like a physiognomical study. In fact the victorious captain's face is the type of the perfect condottiero - the hero-conqueror then being celebrated by Renaissance literature.




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