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A descriptive catalogue of the bronzes of European origin in the South Kensington Museum (1876)

South Kensington Museum, Fortnum, C. Drury E. (Charles Drury Edward), 1820-1899 · London : Printed by G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode and sold by Chapman & Hall · leaf 305

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ill up the background ; no lefs than twenty perfonsare reprefented. If not modelled by Donate himfelf this excellent work is probablyby one of his moft able fcholars from the mafters defign. A baf-reliefin bronze of the fame fubjedl, difi^erently and lefs ably treated, perhapsby his pupil Bertoldo,… … Plaques^ ^c. 6i fchool of Donatello. Second half of 15th century. H. 6|in., Italian. W. 9f in. Bought (Pourtales Colledion), 19/. Floren-tine, Poffibly from a defign by that mafter; it is roughly caft from thewax, and does not appear to have been touched with the chafing tool.The grouping is finely…

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