Donatello, Nanni di Banco and Lamberti, Fragments of the Porta della Mandorla
- Date
- 1404-1409
- Collocation
- Galleria delle Sculture
- Specific location
- A the end, on the wall
- Original location
- Cathedral, Almond Door
- Material
- White marble
- Technique
- Sculpture
- Scientific catalog (only in italian)
- Rilievo con putto dall'archivolto destro della Porta della Mandorla
- Rilievo con Ercole dall'archivolto destro della Porta della Mandorla
- Rilievo con angelo dall'archivolto destro della Porta della Mandorla
- Rilievo con angelo con cartiglio dall'archivolto destro della Porta della Mandorla
- Cristo Vir Dolorum
- Profetino sinistro della Porta della Mandorla
- Profetino destro della Porta della Mandorla
Marble reliefs and architectural fragments from the Porta della Mandorla carved from 1404 to1409. On the top center: Jesus, "Vir Dolorum" by Donatello. The most ornate among the side doors of the Cathedral, the Porta della Mandorla was built between 1391-1422 by various artists. The decoration of the exterior jamb was completed within the first decade of the 15th century by Antonio di Banco, his son Nanni, and Niccolò Lamberti. They were the authors of the two angels, a putto and a Hercules that decorated the sides of the portal. Donatello sculpted the figure of Christ on the lintel keystone using the iconography of the "Vir Dolorum", or “Man of Sorrows”, showing a dead Christ risen from the tomb, displaying his wounds. In the second half of the 19th century these fragments were removed from the portal and replaced by copies.