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Ratko Brajkovic, the Sebenico Workshop, and the Dalmatian Origins of a Bronze Flagellation of Christ
While traditionally associated with Donatello’s late style, this paper argues the bronze Flagellation of Christ plaquette is a fifteenth-century Dalmatian master matrix. Created in the workshop of Giorgio da Sebenico and possibly executed by Ratko Brajković, the design was directly quoted in stone at the Rector’s Palace in 1464. Cast in the Ragusan state foundry,…
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A New Material Link in the Lifecycle of a Donatellian Invention
Donatello’s highly emotional Dead Christ Tended by Angels achieved widespread Renaissance success, surviving predominantly in mass-produced terracotta and papier-mâché. This note introduces a previously unrecorded, unique iteration cast in gilt bronze. Analyzing its unusually elongated format, the study explores how Paduan workshops adapted sacred clay prototypes into bespoke metal components for specific architectural settings.
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Donatello, the birth of Renaissance Plaquettes and their representation in the Berlin sculpture collection
Wilhelm von Bode’s spirit of acquisition in turn-of-the-century Berlin would result in forming a significant and comprehensive collection of Donatelloesque plaquettes, here explored for their function and influence in the genesis of plaquettes as a genre of sculpture.
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Michele di Giovanni da Fiesole and the origins of the Florentine plaquette
Two of the earliest Renaissance plaquettes, long associated with Donatello and his school, are probably the work of Michele di Giovanni da Fiesole.
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A Remarkable Florentine Pax
An exceptional pax featuring a Madonna and Child group here attributed to Maso di Bartolomeo after a design by Luca della Robbia. A discussion on the early typology for architecturally inspired pax frames is also explored.
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