"Donatello was the genius of the resurrected art, Donatello was the master, the guide who inspired many other artists …"

"Donato was a very simple and modest man of manners, with that modesty that was common to the majority of artists of t…"

"The work succeeded in justifying the fame of the great artist among the Paduans and universally seemed worthy of riva…"

"[...] the great taste he had in combining architecture and ornamental decorations with sculpture also greatly influen…"