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
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
David (Donatello, marble)
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David is a marble statue of the biblical hero by the Italian Renaissance sculptor Donatello. One of his early works, it was originally commissioned by the Operai del Duomo, the Overseers of the Office
The marble David, pictured at the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, in 2022.
The back of the figure not elaborated, with a hole to anchor it
Donatello, David, 1408 9, 1416, Florence, Bargello d 1
Donatello, David, 1408 9, 1416, Florence, Bargello d 2