How would you react to a miracle? Donatello renders Saint Anthony’s audience in awe, excitement, and prayer in this bronze relief.
Donatello, The Miracle of the Mule, 1446–50, bronze partially gilt, 57 x 123 cm (Basilica of Saint Anthony, Padua). Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
Additional resources
Donatello, the Renaissance at the Palazzo Strozzi
Donatello—a master at work from the Victoria and Albert Museum
Creighton E. Gilbert, “The Original Assembly of Donatello’s Padua Altar,” Artibus et Historiae, volume 28, number 55 (2007), pp. 11–22.
Geraldine A. Johnson, “Approaching the Altar: Donatello’s Sculpture in the Santo,” Renaissance Quarterly, volume 52, number 3 (1999), pp. 627–66.
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