Donato da Formello
Donatello , also called Donato da Formello (* probably between 1546 and 1555 in Formello ; † between 1574 and 1585 in Rome ) was an Italian painter and wood sculptor.
Life
Not much is known about the Roman artist Donatello. He was a student and assistant to Giorgio Vasari and was involved in his major commissions. There is evidence of his execution of the “Pasce oves meas - Pasture my sheep!” On the lunette of the main portal of St. Peter's Basilica in 1574–1575. In addition, a wooden statue of "John the Baptist" in the Lateran Baptistery is assigned to him today , which in later centuries was mistakenly considered the work of the sculptor Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi) who worked in Florence .
literature
- Donatello (Donato da Formello) . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 9 : Delaulne-Dubois . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1913, p. 425 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Antonino Bertolotti: Artisti bolognesi, ferraresi ed alcuni altri del già Stato Pontificio in Roma nei secoli XV, XVI e XVII. Studi e ricerche negli archivi romani . Regia tipografia, Bologna 1885, p. 49-50 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ^ Paul Schubring: Donatello. The master's works in 277 illustrations . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1907, p. 202 , note on p. 182 ( Note - Internet Archive Figure - Internet Archive ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Donato da Formello |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Donatello |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter, wood sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1546 and 1555 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Formula free |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 1574 and 1585 |
| Place of death | Rome |