Donatello . 131. Fig. 124. Head of Judith. Cf. Fig. 122. (To page 127.) of the masters. It no longershows any heed of formalbeauty and no such balan-cing of harmonious masses,as can be found in someof the work executed afterhis sojourn in Rome ! Thereis, on the contrary, a wantof consideration, which be-comes almost bizarre, asin the figures and groupsof the Paduan reliefs. InPadua can also be foundthe figures, that are imme-diately related to it in the Judith with theSa. Giustina: the drapery,sleeves, hands, and head!Examine the work on the segis-like shoulder-cloak with its pii

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Donatello . 131. Fig. 124. Head of Judith. Cf. Fig. 122. (To page 127.) of the masters. It no longershows any heed of formalbeauty and no such balan-cing of harmonious masses,as can be found in someof the work executed afterhis sojourn in Rome ! Thereis, on the contrary, a wantof consideration, which be-comes almost bizarre, asin the figures and groupsof the Paduan reliefs. InPadua can also be foundthe figures, that are imme-diately related to it in the Judith with theSa. Giustina: the drapery,sleeves, hands, and head!Examine the work on the segis-like shoulder-cloak with its piitti and fringes, and then observe thecorresponding parts of Daniels dalmatica in Padua! The head of Holo-fernes reminds one in his whole conception of the one on the Paduancrucifix and of the Christ between the angels on the small, square this points aptly towards the Paduan period. The further question,whether the work was executed before or after 1453, is, on the other hand,decided by the later

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