Florentine sculptor, 1386 - 1466

	"For the main front of the Campanile of Santa Maria del Fiore Donatello made four marble figures, each ten feet high, of which the two in the middle were portrayed from life, one being Francesco Soderini as a young man and the other Giovanni di Barduccio Cherichini, now known as Il Zuccone" I-178 Jeremiah
	Habbakuk (Il Zuccone)
	"Over the door of the canon's house he represented Abraham about to sacrifice Isaac, with another to the prophets; and these figures were placed between the two other statues." I-179 Abraham and Isaac
	A prophet with a scroll
	"For the Signoria of Florence Donatello made a casting in metal, showing Judith cutting the head of Holofernes..This is an excellent and accomplished work in which, by the appearance of Judith and the simplicity of her garments, Donatello reveals to the onlooker the woman's hidden courage and the inner strength she derives from God." I-179 Judith
	"Similarly, one can see the effect of wine and sleep in the expression of Holofernes and the presence of death in his limbs which, as his soul has departed, are cold and limp...The base, which is a simply designed granite baluster, is also pleasing to the eye and very graceful." I-179 Judith and Holofernes
	"In the courtyard of the palace of the Signoria stands a bronze statue of David, a nude figure, life size; this figure is so natural in its vivacity and softness that artists find it hardly possible to believe that it was not moulded on the living form." I-179 David
	David (detail)
	"..having cut off the head of Goliath, David is raising his foot and placing it on him, and he has a sword in his right hand." I-179 David (detail)
	"In the hall..stands a very fine David in marble, straddling the head of the dead Goliath and holding in his hand the sling with which he killed him." I-179 David