1) Sculpture by Donatello 
The Marzocco is the heraldic lion that is a symbol of Florence, best known in the rendition sculpted by Donatello in 1418–20. Marzocco was commissioned by the Republic of Florence for the apartment of Pope Martin V at Santa Maria Novella, where this traditional insegna of communal republican defense stood guard atop a column at the foot of the s...