Focus on this artwork and analyze the abstract.
Saint George is a marble sculpture by Donatello. It is one of fourteen sculptures commissioned by the guilds of Florence to decorate the external niches of the Orsanmichele church. St. George was commissioned by the guild of the armorers and sword makers, the Arte dei Corazzai e Spadai.
A stone thrown at the sculpture in 1858 broke its nose, and in 1892 Donatello's St. George was moved to the Bargello Museum in Florence. From 1892 to 2008 a bronze replica was placed in the original niche, to be replaced by a marble replica on 23 April 2008. The original sculpture was stolen from the Villa Medici in Poggio a Caiano, but in May 1945 it was recovered by Frederick Hartt in Neumelans in the South Tyrol and returned to Florence on 20 July 1945. The box base was added back onto the statue in 1976.
Florence Neumelans Poggio a Caiano Bargello Museum Bargello guilds of Florence Saint George George Orsanmichele South Tyrol Donatello Frederick Hartt