Donatello's Bronze David Thesis: Donatello was one of the most important fifteenth century masters whose bronze David is an enigma that is unlike Donatello's other works in its different style, and unknown time of origin. Donatello was a gifted sculptor who lived in the fifteenth century and had a great impact on not only the Italian Renaissance, but also on the future of art in general. He was an innovator in his time and his sphere of influence enveloped all those around him. Donatello was one of the most important fifteenth century masters whose bronze David is an enigma that...
the Siena putti and the S. Croce Tabernacle"Grassi 73. And if David does belong to this phase of Donatello's work, then it would best into the very early 1930's.

Throughout his life, Donatello produced a plethora of work, almost all of it having some significance to the art world. He made an impact on art that has lasted all the way to the twentieth century. There is no doubt that Donatello was one of the most prolific artists of the Renaissance and his bronze David, because of its style and origin controversy, one of his most puzzled over pieces.