Donatello : with 140 illustrations from pictures etchings and drawings (1904)
Meyer, Alfred Gotthold, 1864-1904 · Bielefeld and Leipzig ; New York : Velhagen & Klasing : Lemcke & Buechner · leaf 157
LIA. Vasari draws a clear picture of Donatello's character: a simple man, living only for his art, modest, yet conscious of his own worth, ready to help, an excellent friend, unselfish, inexperienced in money matters, liberal, jovial, and at times sarcastic. According to this Donatello's outer life… … house his sister Tita and Details of the Baptist Statues at the Bargello and Fig- i39- the Casa Martelli. (To page 149.) her son Giuliano , when she had become a needy widow. But he lived in very modest style. Better than by any anecdotal stories is this demonstrated by the letter, in which Matteo…
Donatello, 1386?-1466
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