Zuccone

{{Short description|Statue by Donatello}}

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| 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)

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{{Lang|it|Lo Zuccone}} ({{IPA|it|lo dzukˈkoːne}}; {{Translation|the large head|the bald head}}){{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}} is the popular name given to a marble statue by Donatello. It was commissioned for the bell tower of the Cathedral of Florence, Italy and completed between 1423 and 1425. It is also known as the Statue of the Prophet Habakkuk ({{Langx|it|Statua del Profeta Abacuc}}), as many believe it depicts the Old Testament prophet Habakkuk, though Vasari says that it is a portrait (in Biblical garb) of Giovanni di Barduccio Cherichini.{{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}}

The statue is known for its realism and naturalism, which differed from most statuary commissioned at the time.Lindsay, David - Earl of Crawford (1911) Donatello. Echo Library (reprint 2008), {{ISBN|9781406849318}} {{Lang|it|Lo 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 {{Lang|it|zuccone}}."Spooner, Shearjashub (1880). Anecdotes of painters, engravers, sculptors and architects, and curiosities of art, Volumes 1-3. A.W. Lovering Donatello is said to have shouted "speak, damn you, speak!" at the marble as he was carving it.{{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}} It has been described as the most important marble sculpture of the fifteenth century. It is now in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence.