British Pity

"Donatello was the genius of the resurrected art, Donatello was the master, the guide who inspired many other artists strong in intellect, rich in aptitude who lacked nothing but the inspiration that came to them from him, so one can to say that in Donatello the Italian art of that fortunate century is embodied, that in Donatello the art of the fifteenth century is admired and celebrated, the art which through his work was so admirably able to detach itself and emancipate itself from the narrow-mindedness of the past. (p. 2)"

"Donato was a very simple and modest man of manners, with that modesty that was common to the majority of artists of those times and under which were hidden a powerful intellect, an admirable intelligence, a soul full of enthusiasm for art. Good, courteous, affectionate with everyone, it can be said that he had no enemies and, remaining completely alien to the terrible struggles that in those times held our city upside down, he managed to have sincere and affectionate friends in every class of citizen, in every political faction, so much so that his death was a mourning in which all of Florence participated, finding in the admiration and mourning of its supreme fellow citizen a harmony of feeling that perhaps had never been demonstrated on other occasions. (p. 12)"

"The work succeeded in justifying the fame of the great artist among the Paduans and universally seemed worthy of rivaling the most illustrious masterpieces of Greco-Roman art. The horse especially is of surprising beauty, full of vigor and pride; even the bronze casting was of extraordinary precision and beauty. (p. 45)"

"Sculptor of the highest quality; but with a more antiquated manner than Donatello. (p. 87)"

"[...] the great taste he had in combining architecture and ornamental decorations with sculpture also greatly influenced Donatello who acquired a great deal in his company. Various mausoleums in which the two artists worked together demonstrate how much benefit the tribute of talents brought to the execution of these works was for art. (p. 90)"