David (Bernini)
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David is a life-size marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The sculpture was one of many commissions to decorate the villa of Bernini's patron Cardinal Scipione Borghese – where it still resides t
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'David' by Michelangelo Fir JBU013
David (Michelangelo)
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David is a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture in marble created from 1501 to 1504 by Michelangelo. With a height of 5.17 metres, the David was not only the first colossal marble statue made
David (Bernini)
…about to throw the stone that will bring down Goliath, which will allow David to behead him. Compared to earlier works on the same theme (notably the David of Michelangelo), the sculpture broke new ground in its implied movement and its psychological intensity. Between 1618 and 1625 Bernini was commissioned…
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The David in front of the Palazzo Vecchio before 1873, with a leaf covering his genitals
Moving the David from Piazza della Signoria to the Galleria dell'Accademia