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Gattamelata

Ferdinand Gaillard, Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi), Alfred Salmon

Gattamelata

1865

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Ferdinand Gaillard, Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi), Alfred Salmon

Gattamelata

1865

Physical Qualities Engraving on chine collé, Sheet: 296 × 232 mm. (11 5/8 × 9 1/8 in.) Plate: 246 × 191 mm. (9 11/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.1347
After Donatello's Equestrian statue of Gattamelata, dating from 1453, now located in the located in the Piazza del Santo in Padua, Italy.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris

Inscribed: Below the image in the center "F. Gaillard Del. et Sculp" Below the sig. The title and "Statue Equestre de Donatello" Below that to the left "Gazette des Beaux Arts" To the rt. "Imp. A. Salmon a Paris"

Markings: CM: Lucas collection (Lugt 1695c)

Artist

Ferdinand Gaillard

French, 1834 - 1887
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Artist

Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi)

Italian, ca. 1386-1466
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Printer

Alfred Salmon

French, active 1863 - 1894
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