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- Donatello. Year. 1415–1417. Location. Bargello Museum, Florence. Saint George (Italian: San Giorgio) is a marble sculpture by Donatello.
- Donatello completed his famous Saint George for the Confraternity of the Cuirass-makers in 1417 and it would mark an important step in the journey of liberating...
- In Donatello’s work, St. George was carved with a confident posture. He stands tall with his shield in front of him that looks as if could rotate on its small base...
- "For the Armourers' Guild Donatello made a very spirited figure of St George in armour, expressing in the head of this saint the beauty of youth, courage and...
- The guild of armorers and sword makers commissioned Donatello to sculpt St. George, their patron saint.
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- 6. It wasn’t the only sculpture that the artist created for the church
- 7. How big is Saint George by Donatello?
- Because saint-though-he-may-be, George was also an advertisement for the guild who venerated him, and Donatello knew how to please a client.
- St. George Tabernacle. The Tabernacle at Orsanmichele is also the work of Donatello, and its relief representing the "Slaying of the Dragon" completes the subject.
- A marble figure of Saint George by the Italian Renaissance sculptor Donatello (c. 1386-1466 CE). Completed c. 1415 CE for the Orsanmichele in Florence.
- Some believe that Donatello crafted the St. George more as an attempt to forge a sense of community and civic identity than to honor the Christian saint.
