Donatello . Fig. 24. Prophet (Jeremiah:) Florence. (To page 36.) 31 The receipts forthis first work of Do-natellos in bronzemake here especialmention of an assis-tant (chi ha tenutocon lui), who helpedhim probably withthe casting. For largefigures Donatellosown technical train-ing may have beeninsufficient, in spiteof his work with Ghi-berti. It seems tohave failed him al-ready in the first com-mission the youngsculptor received from abroad. In Fe-bruary 1423 — thevery year when theSt. Louis was com-pleted — the operadel duomo of Orvietoordered from him thebronze statuett
Donatello . Fig. 24. Prophet (Jeremiah:) Florence. (To page 36.) 31 The receipts forthis first work of Do-natellos in bronzemake here especialmention of an assis-tant (chi ha tenutocon lui), who helpedhim probably withthe casting. For largefigures Donatellosown technical train-ing may have beeninsufficient, in spiteof his work with Ghi-berti. It seems tohave failed him al-ready in the first com-mission the youngsculptor received from abroad. In Fe-bruary 1423 — thevery year when theSt. Louis was com-pleted — the operadel duomo of Orvietoordered from him thebronze statuette ofSt. John the Baptistfor their baptismalfont. Donatello setabout making thewax-model in thefollowing month al-ready, but the bronzefigure cast from itdoes not appear tohave been delivered,since the present sta-tuette on the front isa sixteenth centurywork. Donatellos work was recognizedby Bode in the bronzestatuette which he ac-quired for the Berlin. Fig. 25. Prophet (Jonah?), called Zuccone. Florence. (To pages 36 and 37.) 32 -> ^^^^^^^^^^^FsW^^^f^-te-^. b^ talr#-J^ 5? I. \ ^iM^ *? Irt A flff V. ^-^-^ t \,. 1 J^^^^^^^^R -^.^W^ ^ _. ^^& ^ t - ^ -^ :JB^^^^HJ^ -^IBH^H \ ^ ^^^H <ai^^^^^^r^ ? ^^^9 1 R li ^KF m^ ;^^H \ P ;•? i .^^m 1 ^^Hi^ j fli ^^V ^.^^K- I ^- Sl iS X^ 1 \ ^^^1 \ \ ^ ...^ ... ^ ?^^^Kpl i^™ \ Fig. 26. Head of the so-called Jeremiah. Cf. Fig. 24. (To pages 36 and 44.) Museum from the Strozzi palace in Florence (Fig. 19). The cracks andholes in the bronze may explain, why the work did not get to Orvieto. Whilst the dating of these two bronze figures can be proved by do-cumentary evidence, that of the masters remaining statues of single figures,which have to be mentioned here, depends entirely upon the decision arrivedat from consideration of style, and this is the more uncertain, since themajority of these very works had to serve another purpose, than thosehitherto m
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