Donatello

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…e the rider and horse convincingly proportionate to each other, and gave the rider an alert and commanding energy. The work of Donatello influenced that of Florence and northern Italy during the Renaissance. It was also a major stimulus on the development of realism in Italian painting, notably in the work of the great Paduan artist Andrea Mantegna. Donatello, who died on December 13, 1466, had many pupils, the most important of whom was Desiderio da Settignano.