“Horse Protome (Carafa Head)”bronze 1456.The Monument to Gattamelata, which Donatello delivered in Padua in 1453, sparked such enthusiasm that it prompted the King of Naples, Alfonso V of Aragon, via his Florentineagent Bartolomeo Serragli, to commission a colossal equestrian group from the artist. The only part that Donatello ever made was this imposing horse's head "so beautiful", according to Vasari, "that many take it for an antique".
