Donatello was born in Florence, Italy in 1386. Donatello's real name was Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi. Donato adopted Donatello as a name mainly because his relations called him that. Donatello was the son of a wool comber and at the age of seventeen he became the assistant to sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti. Lorenzo helped him construct and decorate the famous bronze doors at the baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence. After that he studied the monument of Antiquity with the architect Flippo Brunelleschi.
Donatellos career can be divided into three very distinct periods. The first, which is…
