Overall view in the niches to the right of the main portal; right, St. John by Donatello, left, St. Mark by Lamberti
Image_Title
Overall view in the niches to the right of the main portal; right, St. John by Donatello, left, St. Mark by Lamberti
Image View
Creator:
Donatello (Italian sculptor, ca. 1386-1466); Niccolò di Piero Lamberti (Italian sculptor, ca.1375-1451)
Agent_Display
Donatello (Italian sculptor, ca. 1386-1466); Niccolò di Piero Lamberti (Italian sculptor, ca.1375-1451)
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:
ca. 1408-1415 (inclusive)
Work_DateDisplay
ca. 1408-1415 (inclusive)
Date
Cultural Context:
Italian
Work_Culture
Italian
Cultural Context
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Late Gothic
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Fifteenth century; Late Gothic
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:
210 cm (height, St. John) x 88 cm (width, St. John)
Work_MeasurementDisp lay
210 cm (height, St. John) x 88 cm (width, St. John)
Measurements
Subjects:
saints; Evangelists (Bible); John, the Apostle, Saint; Mark, Saint
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
saints; Evangelists (Bible); John, the Apostle, Saint; Mark, Saint
Subjects
Description:
Donatello’s first monumental work, the seated Saint John the Evangelist was commissioned by the Opera del Duomo in mid-December 1408 (installed 1415) for a position of great visibility, one of four niches to the right and left of the main door of the Duomo. Niccolò di Piero Lamberti was given a commission for St. Mark at the same time. The new exhibit reconstruction of the facade allows the sculptures to be seen as elevated, about 9 feet from the ground, as they would have been originally. These works were an attempt to "modernize" the older facade and sculpture, and were among the last added before the facade was dismantled in 1587, and the sculptures moved to a museum. (Source: Verdon, Timothy; The New Museo dell' Opera del Duomo, I Tatti Studies in the Italian Renaissance, Vol. 18, No. 2)
Work_Description_Sou rce
Donatello’s first monumental work, the seated Saint John the Evangelist was commissioned by the Opera del Duomo in mid-December 1408 (installed 1415) for a position of great visibility, one of four niches to the right and left of the main door of the Duomo. Niccolò di Piero Lamberti was given a commission for St. Mark at the same time. The new exhibit reconstruction of the facade allows the sculptures to be seen as elevated, about 9 feet from the ground, as they would have been originally. These works were an attempt to "modernize" the older facade and sculpture, and were among the last added before the facade was dismantled in 1587, and the sculptures moved to a museum. (Source: Verdon, Timothy; The New Museo dell' Opera del Duomo, I Tatti Studies in the Italian Renaissance, Vol. 18, No. 2)