Renaissance Sculpture Masterpieces
Verrocchio, Ghiberti and Donatello.

 Some of the greatest early Renaissance Sculpture was created by the artists Donatello, Gilberti and Leonardo's master Verrocchio. Have a look at some examples of their work on this page.

Lorenzo Ghiberti.

Lorenzo Ghiberti Creation of Adam and Eve Gates of Paradise, Baptistery, Florence. (w)

Lorenzo Ghiberti The story of Joseph, Gates of Paradise, Babtistery, Florence. (w)

Andrea del Verrocchio.

The Guild of Traders of Florence commissioned a bronze group entitled Christ and St. Thomas.  The artist chosen for this work was Andrea del Verrocchio and the piece was placed in an external niche of the church of Orsanmichele in 1483.

"Bartolommeo Colleoni", Verrocchio. Venice 1479 (s)

 This magnificent statue of Bartolommeo Colleoni, a Venetian general, illustrates the great standing held by Verrocchio. His fame was so great that the rival city of Venice commissioned him (a Florentine) to produce this equestrian statue.

I have seen this one in Venice, it's difficult to miss, and very, very impressive.

Verrocchio's bronze statue of David was made between 1473 and 1475. It was commissioned by the Medici family.  Some claim that Verrocchio modelled the statue after a pupil in his workshop, the young Leonardo da Vinci.  David, Andrea del Verrocchio. (w) Verrocchio's David is interesting when compared to Donatello's version of the same subject.

Donatello.

Cosimo de' Medici owned this statue and placed it in the courtyard of the Palazzo Medici in Florence, it is now in the Bargello. Donatello, David (w)

Donatello, Saint Mark (1411-1413) (w) This marble statue stands approximately seven feet and nine inches high in an exterior niche of the Orsanmichele church, Florence. The work was commissioned by the linen weaver’s guild of Florence.

The Museo dell’ Opera del Duomo of Florence. (w) Zuccone, Donatello.

Donatello, Magdalene Penitent. c. 1453-1455
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence (w)