COUNTY FREE LIBRARY PlftRIN 311110023Q7864 A I ONE-VOLUME EDITION JANSON By H. W. ^>^ -m 'tX 9k'~^ ^H^^r .^^ $15.00 12j116 The Sculpture of DONATELLO CO ONE-VOLUME EDITION o • • en o When Jeno Lanyi died at sea during == o World War II, his magnificent collection of new photographs of Donatello's works and his notes on the sculptor escaped de- m struction and were committed to H. W. Janson by Mrs. Lanyi-Mann, with the request that he publish them in whatever form he considered suitable. He presented the material in a critical catalogue to make possible the approach to Donatello envis- aged by Lanyi: a redefinition of the mas- ter's ocuvre on the basis of the most rigor- ous critical standards. The original two-volume edition (1957, $40) won the Charles Rufus Morey Award of the College Art Association. The digest of reviews on the back of the jacket gives some idea of the enthusiasm with which the book was received. Since its 512 collo- type plates made it too costly for as wide distribution as its reception indicated it deserved, the present edition has been pre- pared. At less than half the original price, it includes the complete text, an updating of the significant scholarly literature on Donatello since 1957, and a selection of 316 illustrations, chosen by Professor Janson to provide, as he says, "an adequate accom- paniment to the text." H. W. Janson, aprofessoratthe Institute of Fine Arts of New York University and Editor of The Art Bulletin, is author of many books and articles in the field of art history. THE SCULPTURE OF DONATELLO 1 THE SCULPTURE OF DONATELLO BY H. W. JANSON INCORPORATING THE NOTES AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE LATE JENO LANYI PRINCETON NEW JERSEY • PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS 1963 Ma^in County Free Library Civjc Centsf Administration Building Son Rafael, California Copyright © 1963 by Princeton University Press All Rights Reserved L.C. Card 62-7041 Printed in the United States of America if* ^ ± 4 O -^ ^ 9 -) 3 ^/ Foreword The original two-volume edition of this book, with its 512 collotype plates, was of necessity published at a price that placed it beyond the financial range of many individual purchasers. It has been out of print for several years. The present edition is intended to make the work available to a wider public, oflFering the complete text of the first edition but a less lavish pictorial apparatus. While the number of plates has been reduced to 128, these contain 316 illustra- tions—approximately one-half the original number—and the reader will, I trust, find them an adequate accompaniment to the text. In order to keep the price of the new edition as low as possible, the text has been reproduced photographi- cally, except for necessary adjustments in references to page and plate numbers and a fewveryminor corrections. The sig- nificantscholarlyliteratureon Donatellosince 1957islisted in an Appendix (p. 250). The present edition also incorporates two recent discoveries: Plate 50, reproduced with the kind permission of Dr. Georg KauflFmann, shows the upper cornice of the Cantoria reconstructed in accordance with his find- ings; and text figure 8 (p. 218) illustrates the inscription on the South Pulpit in S. Lorenzo, first observed by Giovanni Previtali. In the Foreword of the original edition, I thanked the many individuals and institutions whose generosity made possible the preparation and publication of those volumes. It is my pleasant duty to acknowledge once more the great debt of gratitude I owe to them all. H. W. J. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR PHOTOGRAPHS Unless otherwise specified, the numeral includes all the figures on the plate. Alinari, Florence: 10c, 17c, 37a, 41a, 47a, 49, 50 (modified by Georg Kauffmann), 51a, d, 56a, 69, 99, 123a Alinari-Anderson, Florence: 32a, 41b, 43, 68, 74-77, 83c-e Alinari-Brogi, Florence: 1-7, 10a, b, 11, 12b, 13, 14b, 15-17b, 18, 21a-c, 23c-31b, 31d, e, 32b, 33-35, 37b-38, 44-46, 47c-48, 51b, c, e-h, 52, 53, 56b-57, 59, 61, 66, 67, 70-73, 78-83b, 84-98, 100, 102-120, 122, 124, 125, 127a, c, d; text fig. 8 (p. 218) Clarence Kennedy, Northampton, Mass.: 8, 9 Escoute, Lille: 54b-55 Gabinetto fotografico, Soprintendenza alle gallerie, Florence: 12a, c, 14a, 19a, c, 20, 47b, 58, 60, 62-65, 121, 123b, c, 128 Giraudon, Paris: 54a Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: 36 Piaget, St. Louis, Mo.: 22 Sansaini, Rome: 42 Staatliche Museen, Berlin: 19b, 31c, 126a, 127b Victoria and Albert Museum, London: 39, 40, 101, 126b Wildenstein, New York: 21d, 23a, b Table of Contents Foreword i Acknowledgments 11 List of Illustrations V Introduction Ix Abbreviations xviii CRITICAL CATALOGUE David (marble), Museo Nazionale, Florence 3 Crucifix, S. Croce, Florence 7 St. John the Evangelist, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence 12 St. Mark, Or San Michele, Florence 16 David, Widener Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, 21 Sculpture of the St. George Tabernacle, Or San Michele, Florence 23 Prophets from the Campanile, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence 33 "Marzocco," Museo Nazionale, Florence 41 Prophet and Sibyl, Porta della Mandorla, Florence Cathedral 43 The Pazzi Madonna, Staatliche Museen, Berlin-Dahlem 44 Sculpture of the St. Louis Tabernacle, Or San Michele, Florence 45 St. Rossore, Museo di San Matteo, Pisa 56 EflBgy of John XXIII, Baptistery, Florence 59 Sculpture for the Font, Baptistery, Siena 65 Tomb of Giovanni Pecci, Siena Cathedral 75 David (bronze), Museo Nazionale, Florence 77\ / Madonna, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 86 Assumption, Tomb of Rainaldo Brancacci, S. Angelo a Nilo, Naples 88 Ascension and Delivery of the Keys, Victoria and Albert Museum, London 92 Tabernacle, St. Peter's, Rome 95 Tomb of Giovanni Crivelli, S. Maria in Aracoeli, Rome 101 Annunciation Tabernacle, S. Croce, Florence 103 Dancing Angels, Outdoor Pulpit, Prato Cathedral 108 Cantoria, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence 119 The Feast of Herod, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Musee Wicar, Lille 129 Sculptural Decoration of the Old Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence 131 Bust of a Youth, Museo Nazionale, Florence 141 "Atys-Amorino," Museo Nazionale, Florence 143 Crucifix, S. Antonio, Padua 147 Equestrian Monument of Gattamelata, Piazza del Santo, Padua 151 High Altar, S. Antonio, Padua 162 St. John the Baptist, S. Maria dei Frari, Ve^jice 187 St. Mary Magdalen, Baptistery, Florence 190 "Giovannino Martelli," Museo Nazionale, Florence 191 St. John the Baptist, Siena Cathedral 197 Judith and Holofemes, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence 198 Lamentation, Victoria and Albert Museum, London 206 Bronze Twin Pulpits, S. Lorenzo, Florence 209 iii Contents REJECTED ATTRIBUTIONS Two Prophets, Porta della Mandorla, Florence Cathedral 219 St. Peter, Or San Michele, Florence 222 Joshua ("Poggio"), Florence Cathedral 225 "St. John the Baptist," Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence 228 Tomb of Martin V, S. Giovanni in Laterano, Rome 232 St. Prosdocimus and Unknown Saint, Fondazione Salvatore Romano, Florence 235 St. Leonard, Old Sacristy, S. Lorenzo, Florence 236 "Niccolo da Uzzano," Museo Nazionale, Florence 237 Flagellation, Formerly StaatUche Museen, Berhn 240 Crucifixion, Museo Nazionale, Florence 242 Flagellation and Crucifixion, Victoria and Albert Museum, London 244 St. John the Baptist, Formerly Staathche Museen, Berlin 246 Bearded Head, Museo Nazionale, Florence 247 St. Jerome, Pinacoteca, Faenza 248 APPENDIX: Selected Donatello Bibhography, 1957-62 250 Index 253 PLATES 1-128 IV