Donatello was an important and influential early Renaissance sculpture from Florence. He focused his work mainly on classical sculpture using stone, bronze, wood, clay and wax. Donatello’s Equestrian statue of Gattamelata is a statue made out of bronze measuring 12 feet and 2 inches high, it was sculpted during 1445-53. The statue was commissioned by the heirs of condottiero Erasmo da Narni who had passed away. It was placed in the piazza del Santo, were it still remains, facing the Basilica of St. Anthony. The statue was the first of its type serving as an example for future statues in Europe and especially in Italy. Statues already existed, never made out of bronze, but where placed in tombs not in public areas. Donatello was inspired by