Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata

Timeline

1. c. 1445–1453Padua · PaduaDonatello took on the commission in Padua for an equestrian bronze commemorating the deceased general, completing the clay model, lost-wax casting, and assembly, reviving the technique of large-scale bronze equestrian casting that had been nearly interrupted since the Middle Ages.
2. 1453Square of the Basilica of Saint Anthony, Padua · PaduaIn 1453 the bronze statue was unveiled in the square before the Basilica of Saint Anthony, becoming a memorial to the general in the city's public space and the first life-size large bronze equestrian statue in Europe since antiquity.
3. 1454Square of the Basilica of Saint Anthony, Padua · PaduaAfter its unveiling the statue became a model for Italian condottieri memorial sculpture, directly influencing Verrocchio's equestrian statue of Colleoni made for Venice, and it continued to define the language of pose for public equestrian monuments.