Alongside pricey marble and bronze ... “Here Donatello leaps ahead by a century,” Caglioti said. Donatello’s innovative interpretations of subjects — a teenage St. John the Baptist ...

‘David Victorious’ (1408), made from marble, was Donatello’s first major attempt at the biblical hero . . . . . . while his bronze ... of St John the Baptist”, derive ...

A hexagonal marble basin mounted with gilded-bronze reliefs depicting the life of John the Baptist ... as elegant. And Donatello’s Feast of Herod, in which details of St. John's gruesome ...

Visitors to the V&A’s blockbuster new Donatello exhibition may be ... was that he withheld the arm of a bronze St John the Baptist destined for the cathedral in Siena, due to a late payment ...

Mary is collapsing, the Magdalene rushes forward with raised arms and dishevelled hair, St John withdraws in silent ... “Madonna of the Apple”; the bronze relief “Chellini Madonna ...

The V&A will show several important works from its own holdings, such as Donatello’s marble relief Ascension with Christ giving the keys to St Peter (around 1428-30) and his bronze relief The ...