Donatello completes the Saint George for the…

1417 CE

Donatello completes the Saint George for the Confraternity of the Cuirass-makers in 1417.

The sculptor has slightly twisted the saint's body and intensified the face to present a proud, youthful, self-confident hero.

In the elegant relief at the base, “St. George and the Dragon,” he displays his virtuosity by the “rilievo schiacciato” ("crushed" or "flattened" relief), in which the field of action appears deep but the sculptural plane is actually quite shallow.

It is one of the first examples of central-point perspective in sculpture.

Images
St. George, bronze copy of the statue, originally in marble (original now in the Museo del Bargello), commissioned by the Arte dei Corazzai (guild of armorers). Orsanmichele, Florence. (Photo taken by Jastrow, July 2006)

St. George, bronze copy of the statue, originally in marble (original now in the Museo del Bargello), commissioned by the Arte dei Corazzai (guild of armorers). Orsanmichele, Florence. (Photo taken by Jastrow, July 2006)

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Florence > Firenze Toscana Italy View →

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Christians, Roman Catholic View → Florence, Republic of View →

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International Gothic View → Renaissance, Italian View → Western Art: 1408 to 1420 View →

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