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    LORD BALCARRES



    DONATELLO

    by

    LORD BALCARRES







    [Illustration: _Alinari_

    CHRIST ON THE CROSS

    SANT' ANTONIO, PADUA]



    [Illustration: DESORMAIS]



    London: Duckworth and Co.
    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
    1903
    All rights reserved
    Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
    at the Ballantyne Press




    PREFACE


    An attempt is made in the following pages to determine the position
    and character of Donatello's art in relation to that of his
    contemporaries and successors. The subject must be familiar to many
    who have visited Florence, but no critical work on the subject has
    been published in English. I have therefore quoted as many authorities
    as possible in order to assist those who may wish to look further into
    problems which are still unsettled. Most of the books to which
    reference is made can be consulted in the Art Library at South
    Kensington, and in the British Museum. Foreign critics have written a
    good deal about Donatello from varied, if somewhat limited aspects.
    Dr. Bode's researches are, as a rule, illustrative of the works of art
    in the Berlin Museum. The main object of Dr. Semper was to collect
    documentary evidence about the earlier part of Donatello's life;
    Gloria and Gonzati have made researches into the Paduan period; Lusini
    confines his attention to Siena, Centofanti to Pisa; M. Reymond and
    Eugène Müntz are more comprehensive in their treatment of the subject.

    With eleven or twelve exceptions I have seen the original of every
    existing piece of sculpture, architecture and painting mentioned in
    this book. I regret, however, that among the exceptions should be a
    work by Donatello himself, namely, the Salome relief at Lille--my
    visits to that town having unfortunately coincided with public
    holidays, when the gallery was closed. I must express my thanks to the
    officials of Museums, as well as to private collectors all over
    Europe, for unfailing courtesy and assistance. I have also

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