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Donatello’s outstanding virtuosity shows both his devotion and his playfulness

February 13, 2023

Visitors to the V&A’s Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance are greeted by a young David standing proudly with the head of Goliath at his feet. As a symbol of the city of Florence and commissioned originally for the Cathedral – only to be quickly repurposed as a civic emblem for the Palazzo della Signoria – the statue perfectly introduces us to Donatello placed at the heart of Florentine self-image.

Cardinal Wolsey’s angels to be purchased by V&A

February 09, 2015

The museum has raised the £5 million required to buy the four bronze statues created for the cardinal's tomb

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September 06, 2010

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Raphael tapestries travel to London for Pope’s visit

July 17, 2010

V&A will display Sistine Chapel masterworks

Vatican announces ‘once in a lifetime’ display of Raphael works at the V&A

July 15, 2010

Yesterday, for the first time since 1983, the Vatican hung the tapestries on the walls of the Sistine Chapel where they are thought to have originally been located