Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART LocalCollection ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART Collection
Preferred Title:
Prophet Habakkuk Work_PrefTitle Prophet Habakkuk Preferred Title
Alternate Title:
Zuccone Work_AltTitle Zuccone Alternate Title
Image View:
Detail, face and head from the left; a few chisel marks suggest stubble on the chin Image_Title Detail, face and head from the left; a few chisel marks suggest stubble on the chin Image View
Creator:
Donatello (Italian sculptor, ca. 1386-1466) Agent_Display Donatello (Italian sculptor, ca. 1386-1466) Creator
Location:
repository: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Work_Location_Type_D isplay repository: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Location
Location Note:
Piazza del Duomo 9 Work_LocationNotes Piazza del Duomo 9 Location Note
GPS:
43.772333 11.256222 GPS 43.772333 11.256222 GPS
Date:
1423-1426 (creation) Work_DateDisplay 1423-1426 (creation) Date
Cultural Context:
Italian Work_Culture Italian Cultural Context
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance Work_StylePeriodDisp lay Fifteenth century; Renaissance Style Period
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work) Work_Worktype1 sculpture (visual work) Work Type 1
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations Work_Classification Sculpture and Installations Classification
Material:
marble Work_MaterialDisplay marble Material
Technique:
carving (processes) Work_Technique carving (processes) Technique
Measurements:
196 cm (height) Work_MeasurementDisp lay 196 cm (height) Measurements
Subjects:
human figure; Old Testament and Apocrypha; prophets Work_Image_SubjectDi splay human figure; Old Testament and Apocrypha; prophets Subjects
Description:
Late in 1415 Donatello began work on two life-size marble statues of Prophets,Jeremiah and Habakkuk, for some niches high on Giotto’s Campanile. (The originals, weathered by centuries of exposure, are now in the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo and have been replaced with modern copies on the Campanile.) These statues were the earliest of a whole series, the execution of which lasted until the end of the mid-1430s; for the sake of speed, some were carved in collaboration with other sculptors. They were to be seen high above eye-level, so their features and drapery had to be boldly chiseled, yet their movements were constricted by the narrow lancet shapes of the pre-existing niches. Gnarled hands and wizened faces express the pathos of these Old Testament prophets, whose messages were rarely heeded. Their heads look like portraits. They are clearly indebted to ancient Roman ancestor busts. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/) Work_Description_Sou rce Late in 1415 Donatello began work on two life-size marble statues of Prophets,Jeremiah and Habakkuk, for some niches high on Giotto’s Campanile. (The originals, weathered by centuries of exposure, are now in the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo and have been replaced with modern copies on the Campanile.) These statues were the earliest of a whole series, the execution of which lasted until the end of the mid-1430s; for the sake of speed, some were carved in collaboration with other sculptors. They were to be seen high above eye-level, so their features and drapery had to be boldly chiseled, yet their movements were constricted by the narrow lancet shapes of the pre-existing niches. Gnarled hands and wizened faces express the pathos of these Old Testament prophets, whose messages were rarely heeded. Their heads look like portraits. They are clearly indebted to ancient Roman ancestor busts. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/) Description
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art LocalCollection Adjunct Module B: Italian Art Collection
Identifier:
7A1-DB-OD-HAB-A05 Image_OriginalVendor ID 7A1-DB-OD-HAB-A05 Identifier
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. Image_Rights © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. Rights

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