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DONATELLO
BY LORD BALCARRES
LONDON: DUCKWORTH AND CO.
NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1903
All rights reserved
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
At the Ballantyne Press
Alinari
CHRIST ON THE CROSS
SANT' ANTONIO, PADUA
PREFACE
An attempt is made in the following pages to determine the positionand character of Donatello's art in relation to that of hiscontemporaries and successors. The subject must be familiar to manywho have visited Florence, but no critical work on the subject hasbeen published in English. I have therefore quoted as many authoritiesas possible in order to assist those who may wish to look further intoproblems which are still unsettled. Most of the books to whichreference is made can be consulted in the Art Library at SouthKensington, and in the British Museum. Foreign critics have written agood deal about Donatello from varied, if somewhat limited aspects.Dr. Bode's researches are, as a rule, illustrative of the works of artin t