Saint Donatus Purifies a Well
Saint Donatus Purifies a Well

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Saint Donatus Purifies a Well,

ca. 1530

Giovanni della Robbia, Italian, 1469–ca. 1529
2003-237
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Saint Donatus Purifies a Well, Giovanni della Robbia

Reinstallation of the Galleries of Earlier European Art

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Title
Saint Donatus Purifies a Well
Dates

ca. 1530

Maker
Giovanni della Robbia
Medium
Glazed terracotta
Dimensions
86.4 x 144.8 x 33.2 cm (34 x 57 x 13 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2003-237
Culture
Italian
Type
sculpture
Materials
terracotta
Subject
dragons, religious art, men, Christianity, crosiers, high relief, figures (representations), miters, yellow, green (color), wells (structures), blue, bishops (prelates), trees, saints

Church of S. Donato dei Vecchietti, on Via Vecchietti, Florence [1]. Achille de Clemente, New York, until 1931; William Randolph Hearst, until 1941; Bishop Hoban, Cleveland; St. John's College, Cleveland; Blumka Gallery, New York; purchased by Princeton University Art Museum in 2003.

[1] the church secularized in 1785 and was demolished in 1889

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