Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi Donatello lived from 1386 to 1466. He was an influential artist and sculptor of the early Renaissance. Donatello was born and lived in Florence.
- Donatello, was the preeminent genius of early Renaissance sculpture in Italy. [1]
In about 1415 he delivered the first free-standing Renaissance sculpture, The Statue of St. Mark. In 1430, Donatello made his most famous statue - the astonishing bronze David, a boy in a saucy hat with the head of Goliath at his feet. [2]
In 1453, his Equestrian Condottiero Erasmo da Narni was set up in Padua.
