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Gattamelata (Equestrian Statue of Erasmo da Narni, called Gattamelata)

ArtistDonatello
Artist Info.Italy 1386-1466
ViewOverall view of equestrian monument
SitePadua, Piazza del Santo
LocationItaly
Date1447-1453
SubjectSculpture
PeriodItalian Renaissance
Materialbronze with marble base
Dimensionsca.340 cm h.
Saskia No.Lid-0485
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 21, plate 32
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 20, plate 26
 Hartt, History of Italian Renaissance Art, 4th ed., chapter 10, plate 249
 Janson, History of Art, 6th ed., chapter 12, plate 7
 Stokstad, Marilyn, Art History, 2nd ed., chapter 17, plate 53