Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by Earl of David Lindsay Crawford
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[Footnote 52: _E.g._, Pacifico tomb about 1438 and the Francesco
Foscari tomb about 1457, both in the Frari.] [Footnote 53: "Due Trattati di Benvenuto Cellini," ed. Carlo Milanesi, 1857. Ch. 6 on marble.] [Footnote 54: _Cf._ _Putti_ on the Roman Tabernacle.] [Footnote 55: Bocchi, p. 316.] [Footnote 56: "Memoriale di molte statue e pitture della città di Firenze," 1510.] [Footnote 57: Or San Michele niche, San Lorenzo Evangelists.] * * * * * [Sidenote: Martelli, David and Donatello's Technique.] Tradition says that Ruberto Martelli was the earliest of Donatello's patrons. So far as we know, there were two Rubertos: the elder was seventy-three at the time of Donatello's birth, and must therefore have been a nonagenarian before his patronage could be effectively exercised; the other was twenty-two years younger than the sculptor, whom he could not have helped as a young man. But there is no question about the interest shown by the family in Donatello's work. The David and the St. John, together with a portrait-bust and the coat of arms, still show their practical appreciation of his work and Donatello's gratitude to the family. Vasari is the first to mention these works, and it must be remarked that Albertini, who paid great attention to |
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