Donatello

Donatello
Donatello was a great Italian sculptor, who was born in Florence, Italy, in 1386. He did not marry and had no children. He started practicing at the age of 20 and worked in Lorenzo Ghiberti's shop. Later in his life he studied Roman ruins and became a humanist. Donatello also had a shop in Florence where he created many of his masterpieces. The last years of Donatello's life were spent designing twin bronze pulpits for San Lorenzo. He died at the age of 80 in 1466. (http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/bio/d/donatell/biograph.html May 17, 2003)
The city of Florence paid for his sculpture of…