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{{Short description|Statue by Donatello}}
{{Infobox artwork
| image  = Zuccone Donatello OPA Florence.jpg|alt=Zuccone by Donatello
| image_size = 200px
| title  = Zuccone
| artist = [[Donatello]]
| year   = 1423–1425
| type   = [[Marble]]
| city   = [[Florence]]
| museum = [[Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Florence)]]
}}
'''''Lo Zuccone''''' ({{IPA|it|lo dzukˈkoːne}}), which translates from Italian as "large head" or "bald head",<ref>{{cite web |title=Vocabolario on line Treccani |url=https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/zuccone |publisher=Istituto Enciclopedico Treccani |access-date=4 June 2022 |ref=Zuccone 2a., b. |language=Italian}}</ref> is the popular name given to a [[marble]] [[statue]] by [[Donatello]]. It was commissioned for the [[bell tower]] of the [[Florence Cathedral|Cathedral]] of [[Florence, Italy]] and completed between 1423 and 1425. It is also known as the '''''Statue of the Prophet Habakkuk''''', as many believe it depicts the [[Bible|Biblical]] figure [[Habakkuk]], though Vasari says that it is a portrait (in Biblical garb) of Giovanni di Barduccio Cherichini.<ref name = "Vasari">{{cite web |last1=Vasari |first1=Giorgio |title=Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori e architettori |url=https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Le_vite_de%27_pi%C3%B9_eccellenti_pittori,_scultori_e_architettori_(1568)/Donato |access-date=4 June 2022 |date=1568}}</ref>
The statue is known for its [[Realism (arts)|realism]] and [[naturalism (arts)|naturalism]], which differed from most statuary commissioned at the time.<ref name="Lindsay1911">Lindsay, David - Earl of Crawford (1911) ''Donatello.'' Echo Library (reprint 2008), {{ISBN|9781406849318}}</ref> ''Zuccone'' is reported to have been Donatello's favorite, and he has been claimed to swear by the sculpture, "By the faith I place in my zuccone."<ref name="Vasari" /><ref name="Spooner">Spooner, Shearjashub (1880). ''Anecdotes of painters, engravers, sculptors and architects, and curiosities of art, Volumes 1-3.'' A.W. Lovering</ref> Donatello is said to have shouted "speak, damn you, speak!" at the marble as he was carving it.<ref name="Vasari" /><ref name="Butterfield">{{cite magazine|last1=Butterfield|first1=Andrew|title=The Magic of Donatello|url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/apr/23/magic-donatello/|website=New York Review of Books|publisher=NYREV, INC|access-date=22 April 2015}}</ref> It has been described as the most important marble sculpture of the fifteenth century.<ref name="Butterfield"/> It is now in the [[Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Florence)|Museo dell'Opera del Duomo]] in Florence.
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.duomofirenze.it/index-eng.htm Florence Cathedral site (English)]
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