16-8 Donatello, Feast of Herod, panel on the baptismal font of Siena
Cathedral, Siena, Italy, 1423–1427. Gilded bronze, 1′11
1
–2″× 1′11
1
–2″.
Donatello’s Feast of Herod marked the introduction of rationalized
perspective space in Renaissance relief sculpture. Two arched courtyards
of diminishing size open the space of the action into the distance.
