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Donatello, the bronze David (1440s?), Bargello Florence, h.158 cm David is a bronze statue of the biblical hero by the Italian Early Renaissance sculptor Donatello , probably made in the 1440s. Nude except for helmet and boots, it is famous as the first unsupported standing work of bronze cast during the Renaissance , and the first freestanding ...
David is a marble statue of the biblical hero by the Italian Renaissance sculptor Donatello.One of his early works (1408–1409), it was originally commissioned by the Operai del Duomo, the Overseers of the Office of Works, for the Florence Cathedral and was his most important commission up to that point.
Though the statue certainly was intended to convey this meaning, it also has a sensuous and erotic power that was original. [87] The many previous Florentine images of David, like Donatello's stone David of about 1408–09, showed him clothed; [88] here he wears only a hat and boots which, as with the Amore-Attys, serve only to accentuate his ...
David was the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel and a figure in the scriptures of Abrahamic religions. David may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media
The word bargello appears to come from the late Latin bargillus (from Gothic bargi and German burg), meaning "castle" or "fortified tower". During the Italian Middle Ages it was the name given to a military captain in charge of keeping peace and justice (hence "Captain of justice") during riots and uproars. In Florence he was usually hired from ...
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.
Erasmo Stefano of Narni (1370 – 16 January 1443), better known by his nickname of Gattamelata (meaning "Honeyed Cat"), was an Italian condottiero of the Renaissance. He was born in Narni , and served a number of Italian city-states: he began with Braccio da Montone , served the Papal States and Florence , as well as the Republic of Venice in ...
English: Donatello, David (David Victorious, or Marble David), 1408-9 and 1416, marble, 191.5 x 78.5 x 42 cm, Florence, Bargello (inv Sc. 2), detail of Goliath's head reworked in 1416 for the statue's new place at the Palazzo della Signoria. Displayed here in the Donatello exhibition at the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin 2022.