# St John the Evangelist \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DONATELLO]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Marble ## Commentary When Donatello was working on the figure of St John for the cathedral façade, Nanni di Banco was commissioned to produce <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/n/nanni/banco/st\_luke.html'\)" href="/html/n/nanni/banco/st\_luke.html">St Luke</a> and Niccolò di Piero Lamberti to create <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/l/lamberti/niccolo/st\_mark.html'\)" href="/html/l/lamberti/niccolo/st\_mark.html">St Mark.</a> The fourth evangelists was to be the job of whichever of the three rivals created the best work. But this original plan was abandoned as early as 1410 and instead Bernardo Ciuffagni was commissioned to produce <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/c/ciuffagn/matthew.html'\)" href="/html/c/ciuffagn/matthew.html">St Matthew.</a> The original idea of an artistic competition is, however, entirely typical of the cultural climate in the Florence of the early 15th century. ## 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]()