1976: Donatello and Michelozzo, The Prato Pulpit (1428-1438)

Facade of the Cathedral: Pulpit of Donatello and Michelozzo, 1428-1438, Prato. Source: Wikimedia Commons Becoming a Masterpiece By Paula Wunderlich For half a millennium, the marble panels and the bronze capital sculpted by Donatello and Michelozzo in the first half of the 15th century decorated the façade of the Duomo di Santo Stefano in Prato. Today, replicas are on display on site, after the concerns about the preservation of the originals led to their musealization in the 1970s. How did ...