Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Italy / Florence / Palazzo Vecchio / Sala dei Gigli / Statue of Judith
Italy / Florence / Piazza della Signoria / Judith (deposited in the Palazzo Vecchio)

GODS AND MYTHS

Amoretti / Various activities / Dancing / Miscellaneous
Amoretti / Various activities / Embracing
Amoretti / Various activities / Making music
Bacchus / Bacchanal / Bacchanal of children
Herm / Renaissance and later

SOCIAL LIFE

Music / Musical instruments / Wind / Unidentified wind instruments

Further details

Detail of bronze pedestal of Donatello's sculpture of Judith and Holofernes showing winged amoretti dancing, playing music and carrying standards

Artist or creator

Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi) (c1386-1466)

Date

1460

Location

Florence, Palazzo Vecchio, Sala dei Gigli

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))
Alinari (2485) (Photographer (analogue))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

E. Wind, 'Donatello's Judith: an emblem of 'Sanctimonia'' Journal of the Warburg Institute, Vol. 1, No. 1, Jul., 1937, pp. 62-63.

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

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