Donatello . he Duomo,but this work cannot beidentified with certainty. —The conception of theprophet to the left of theAbraham on the Campa-nile is far removed againfrom the manner of Dona-tello , but the neighbour ofthis statue, the first figureof the whole row, is hiswork beyond doubt (Fig. 28).It has, not without goodreason, been identified asthe Hahakitk, which wascommenced in 1433—1434,and placed in position in 1436. Closely akin to it is the statue of an old man (Fig. 29), whichstands now in the interior of the Duomo, near the entrance to the leftaisle. Like all its companions it is now
Donatello . he Duomo,but this work cannot beidentified with certainty. —The conception of theprophet to the left of theAbraham on the Campa-nile is far removed againfrom the manner of Dona-tello , but the neighbour ofthis statue, the first figureof the whole row, is hiswork beyond doubt (Fig. 28).It has, not without goodreason, been identified asthe Hahakitk, which wascommenced in 1433—1434,and placed in position in 1436. Closely akin to it is the statue of an old man (Fig. 29), whichstands now in the interior of the Duomo, near the entrance to the leftaisle. Like all its companions it is now enclosed in a heavy niche of thelate renaissance. In its original position, a corner of the old front, itwas known as the Old man with the pumpkin head. The drawing ofthe old fagade (Fig. 3) actually shows, on the pilaster in the left corner,a statue of similar outline. This statue was considered to represent^Poggio Bracciolini, the famous humanist, who died in 1459 as chancellorof the state of Fig. 23. Prophet (Jonah? or Moses?). Florence. Campanile. East-front. After a photograph from the original by Alinari Brothers, Florence. (To pages 29 and 35.) 30 Exactly to define Donatellos greater or lesser share in these marblefigures, would not be possible, even if all doubt were raised about theirnames and dates. But this does not jeopardize their correct estimation,since their place in the masters development is already assured by the three authenticated statues:the St. John, the *^ Zucconeand the Jeremiah. All these marble figuresfor Or San Michele, the Duomoand the Campanile have theirown laws. As stone imagesthey stand in wall-niches ata certain distance from thebeholder. The masters firstbronze-statue was subject tothe same conditions of space,but these have long since beenchanged as unfavourably, asin the case of the statue of theEvangelist. It is the statue otSt. Louis oj Toulouse (Fig. 18),which, in its present positionin the interior of S. Croce,high above t
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