# Reliquary Bust of St Rossore [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DONATELLO]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Guilded bronze, 56 x 61 cm ## Commentary In the 1420s Donatello's search for a naturalistic rendering was intensified. He composed the reliquary of St Rossore, an early Christian martyr, in an unusual manner, its conception going far beyond medieval solutions too comparable commissions. Instead of producing a generalized stylisation of the metaphysical dimensions of the relics within, Donatello has chosen to present the individuality of the saint. ## Related artworks - [Altarpiece with St John the Baptist]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [Ascension of Christ]() - [Ascension of St John]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()