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DONATELLO  (1382/86-1466) Italian sculptor.
          Real name: Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi.
          Born Florence, Italy, ca 1386.
          Considered finest sculptor of his century.
          Died Florence, Italy, 13 December 1466.

          R  E  P  L  I  C  A  S    &    R  E  I  S  S  U  E  S

1913 Rhode Island Child Welfare Exhibit Medal (with
          infant, after Donatello) . . . . . . . . . . Storer 4779
Picture
1930 Madonna and Child Plaquette (replicated from a
          relief by Donatello) . . . . . . . . . . . .  MAco 1930-025
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  CAL 35:322

          B I O G R A P I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

BL  {1906} A.L.A. Portrait Index, p 423.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 4:1044-1046.

          N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

E3  {1902-30} Forrer 1:604-606.
M14 {1931} Storer (medical) 4779, p 639.
BE  {1943} Webster's Biographical Dictionary, p 428.
D16 {1959} Murray.
A14 {1970} Osborne, p 323.
A42 {1993} Reynolds, passim.
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