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Donatello: Five-hundreth Anniversary of his Birth

(Italian, 1839–1897)
1886
Place of ManufactureItaly
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
DimensionsDiameter: 7.6 cm (3 in.)
Credit LineGift of David and Constance Yates
Accession number2004.479
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsNumismatics
Collections
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "DONATELLO SCULTORE FIORENTINO." and under bust in cursive script "Frullini". Reverse: Inscribed at center "IL COMUNE DIFIRENZE/E IL CIRCOLO DEGLI ARTISTI/NEL VO.CENTENARIO/MDCCCLXXXVI".
Provenance2001, art market, Paris; 2001, purchased in Paris by David and Constance Yates, New York; 2004, gift of David and Constance Yates to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 23, 2004)
Armchair
Luigi Frullini
about 1873–6
Guillaume Dupré
1612
Francesco Redi
Massimiliano Soldani
1684
Leonello d'Este
Antonio Pisano (called Pisanello)
about 1440–50
Heraclius
Michelet Saulmon
about 1400
Christ and Saint Paul
about 1492–1500
Christina of Lorraine
Guillaume Dupré
1613
Francesco IV Gonzaga
J. B. Keller
1654
Group shot: 23.206-7
Matteo de' Pasti
about 1450