The Sculpture of ... [?] by Donatello at Orsanmichele
Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1862
Materials
Pencil and tracing paper.
Measurements
238 mm (H); 237 mm (H); 92 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872885
Summary
Pencil drawing on tracing paper (architectural/ornamental drawing); the sculpture of a male holy person holding a book, standing in a gothic niche.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1962 and given to NT as part of the endowment by Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley.
Marks and inscriptions
below the pedestal of the niche; 'Donatello Or S.t Michele Fl[orence]'
Makers and roles
Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908), artist after Donatello (Florence c.1386 – Florence 1466), sculptor