The original relief was carved using the difficult technique known in Italian as 'rilievo schiacciato' or 'squashed relief'. The great Florentine fifteenth-century sculptor Donatello was credited with inventing this technique, and the relief has been associated with a lost work by him. However, it is more likely to be the work of his younger contemporary Desiderio da Settignano.
12.5 x 8.5”
The original relief was carved using the difficult technique known in Italian as 'rilievo schiacciato' or 'squashed relief'. The great Florentine fifteenth-century sculptor Donatello was credited with inventing this technique, and the relief has been associated with a lost work by him. However, it is more likely to be the work of his younger contemporary Desiderio da Settignano.
12.5 x 8.5”
