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Artists > Donatello
An Early Renaissance sculptor, Donatello’s study of ancient Roman art informed the realistic anatomy and human character in his works.
1446–50
1423–27
late 1420s–1460s
c. 1416–17
1411–13
c. 1455
1445–53
c. 1425–35
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