The statue is known for its realism and naturalism, which differed from most statuary commissioned at the time.[1] In recent times it is gaining renewed popularity from its uncanny resemblance to 'Harry Potter' villain Lord Voldemort.[citation needed]Zuccone is reported to have been Donatello's favorite, and he was said to swear by the sculpture, "By the faith I place in my Zuccone."[2] Donatello is said to have shouted "speak, damn you, speak!" at the marble as he was carving it. [3] It has been described as the most important marble sculpture of the fifteenth century.[4] It is now in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence.
References
^Lindsay, David - Earl of Crawford (1911) Donatello. Echo Library (reprint 2008), ISBN 9781406849318
^Spooner, Shearjashub (1880). Anecdotes of painters, engravers, sculptors and architects, and curiosities of art, Volumes 1-3. A.W. Lovering
^Butterfield, Andrew. "The Magic of Donatello". New York Review of Books. NYREV, INC. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
^Butterfield, Andrew. "The Magic of Donatello". New York Review of Books. NYREV, INC. Retrieved 22 April 2015.