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The exact date of execution of the statue is unknown, but it is usually related to the project for the tomb of Julius II.It is thought to have been intended for one of the lower niches of one of the last projects for the tomb, perhaps that of 1532 for which the so-called Captives or "Provinces" now in the Galleria dell'Accademia of Florence may have also been made.
David is a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture in marble [1] [2] created from 1501 to 1504 by Michelangelo.With a height of 5.17 metres (17 ft 0 in), the David was the first colossal marble statue made in the High Renaissance, and since classical antiquity, a precedent for the 16th century and beyond.
The Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze, or "Gallery of the Academy of Florence", is an art museum in Florence, Italy. It is best known as the home of Michelangelo 's sculpture David . It also has other sculptures by Michelangelo and a large collection of paintings by Florentine artists, mostly from the period 1300–1600 (the Trecento to the ...
The investigations confirmed the attribution to Michelangelo in 2001 and determined that the sculpture was made for the high altar of the Church of Santo Spirito di Firenze in Florence, perhaps as early as 1492 when Michelangelo was a teenager. [8] The crucifix now hangs in the octagonal sacristy of the Basilica of Santa Maria del Santo Spirito.
The Atlas Slave is a 2.77m high marble statue by Michelangelo, dated to 1525–1530. It is one of the 'Prisoners', the series of unfinished sculptures for the tomb of Pope Julius II . It is now held in the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence .
In Venice, Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice has the tombs of 25 Doges, [65] and in the Republic of Florence the Santa Croce church "became ultimately a Florentine kind of Westminster Abbey", with large tombs for leading figures, including Michelangelo and Galileo, made largely at government expense.