Marble David Statue

David is a 5 17 metre 17 0 ft marble statue of the biblical figure david a favoured subject in the art of florence.
Marble david statue. This famous work of art was created by michelangelo a famous italian artist. At that time the marble was said to have had a flaw in it and the project was abandoned. The statue measures 5 17 meters tall and it is a marble figure of the biblical hero named david. Before him however the florentine sculptor donatello c.
Mythology bronze statue donatello s david signed classic artwork figurine. David is a masterpiece of renaissance sculpture created in marble between 1501 and 1504 by the italian artist michelangelo. They consist of an early work in marble of a clothed figure 1408 09 and a far more famous bronze figure that is nude except for helmet and boots and dates to the 1440s or later. It is a 14 0 ft marble statue depicting the biblical hero david represented as a standing male nude.
David is the title of two statues of the biblical hero david by the italian early renaissance sculptor donatello. David statue marked made in italy. The statue was commissioned for one of the buttresses of the cathedral of florence and was carved from a block of marble that had been partially blocked out by other sculptors and left outdoors. Ending friday at 10 22am pdt 1d 21h.
David marble sculpture executed from 1501 to 1504 by the italian renaissance artist michelangelo. 2 the block of marble that michelangelo used to carve david had been worked on more than 50 years earlier by donatello. The david perhaps the world s most famous sculpture surely one of florence s greatest attractions stands at 5 16 meters tall in the accademia gallery. David statue by michelangelo marble finish 80 00.
1386 1466 created an evocative bronze cast representation of david that stands apart from its successors. Michelangelo s david is massive at 17 feet tall and more than 12 000 pounds yet it is sculpted from a single block of white marble. David david is one of the most exquisite renaissance sculptures made during the early 1500s.