Donatello . g 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 the main porch, isplaced beyond the possibilityof examination. Presented bythe Parte Giielfa, it waserected in 1425 in the centralmarble niche of Or San Mi-chele — the same which isfilled to-day by Verrocchiossplendid group of St. Thomas(cf. Fig. 49). This replacementcontains a piece of Florentinehistory: the suppression ofthe Guelf partisans by thepopular party of the Medici,by who
Donatello . g 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 the main porch, isplaced beyond the possibilityof examination. Presented bythe Parte Giielfa, it waserected in 1425 in the centralmarble niche of Or San Mi-chele — the same which isfilled to-day by Verrocchiossplendid group of St. Thomas(cf. Fig. 49). This replacementcontains a piece of Florentinehistory: the suppression ofthe Guelf partisans by thepopular party of the Medici,by whom they were forced . west-iront. (io page 3b.) , . • . r ,^ ? ? to remove their samt irom his favoured position in thatcentral niche of Or San Michele, which they had to cede in 1463 tothe Sei delta Mercanzia. Some considerable time before, the statueof St. Louis had already been placed on the front of the Franciscanchurch of S. Croce. Since i860 it has occupied its present position inthe 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
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