During the last years of his life, as long as he was still capable, Donatello appears to have continued work on the pulpits of San Lorenzo. There are many open questions regarding the authorship and the original purpose of the individual relief panels. However, the pulpits are another passionate example of the singular art of Donatello. here we find all the typical characteristics and particular features that were hallmarks of the master's earlier works.

Due to its iconography - including reliefs of Christ in Limbo, the Resurrection, the Ascension of Christ, the Women at the Tomb, the Miracle of Pentecost and the Martyrdom of St Lawrence - the northern pulpit is known as the Resurrection Pulpit. The southern pulpit, known as Passion Pulpit, contains depictions of the Flagellation, St John the Evangelist, Christ in Gethsemane, Christ before Caiaphas and Pilate, as well as the Crucifixion, Deposition of Christ and Burial of Christ.

There are clear differences between the two pulpits. The very size of the pictures is different, the number of reliefs varies and the individual parts of the framework have little in common.

There is no historical document concerning the original purpose or intended location of the two San Lorenzo pulpits, which are, moreover, the subject of dispute in their present form. What is certain is that they were not erected on their colourful marble columns until quite late, presumably during the 16th century.

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	View of the nave 1465 Photo San Lorenzo, Florence
	The Resurrection Pulpit 1465 Marble and bronze, 123 x 292 cm San Lorenzo, Florence
	Resurrection Pulpit (detail) 1460-65 Bronze San Lorenzo, Florence
	Resurrection 1460-65 Bronze San Lorenzo, Florence
	Ascension of Christ 1460-65 Bronze San Lorenzo, Florence
	Martyrdom of St Lawrence 1460-65 Bronze San Lorenzo, Florence
	Women at the Tomb 1460-65 Bronze San Lorenzo, Florence
	Women at the Tomb (detail) 1460-65 Bronze San Lorenzo, Florence
	Mocking of Christ 1460-65 Bronze San Lorenzo, Florence
	Christ in Limbo 1460-65 Bronze San Lorenzo, Florence
	Pentecost 1460-65 Bronze San Lorenzo, Florence
	St Luke 1460-65 Bronze San Lorenzo, Florence
	The Resurrection Pulpit 1465 Marble and bronze, 123 x 292 cm San Lorenzo, Florence
	The Passion Pulpit 1460-65 Marble and bronze, 137 x 280 cm San Lorenzo, Florence
	Christ before Pilate and Caiaphas 1460s Bronze San Lorenzo, Florence
	The Passion Pulpit (east side) 1460-65 Bronze San Lorenzo, Florence
	Christ before Pilate 1460-65 Bronze San Lorenzo, Florence
	Christ before Caiaphas 1460-65 Bronze San Lorenzo, Florence
	Crucifixion and Descent from the Cross 1460-65 Bronze San Lorenzo, Florence
	Crucifixion 1460-65 Bronze San Lorenzo, Florence
	Descent from the Cross 1460-65 Bronze San Lorenzo, Florence
	Descent from the Cross 1460-65 Bronze San Lorenzo, Florence
	Descent from the Cross (detail) 1460-65 Bronze San Lorenzo, Florence
	Burial of Christ 1460-65 Bronze San Lorenzo, Florence
	Christ in Gethsemane 1460-65 Bronze San Lorenzo, Florence
	The Passion Pulpit 1460-65 Marble and bronze, 137 x 280 cm San Lorenzo, Florence
	The Passion Pulpit 1460-65 Marble and bronze, 137 x 280 cm San Lorenzo, Florence