Donatello (1386-1466)

David

Marble  1409-1409, 1416

Museo nazionale, Florence

Height 191 cm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Donatello was commissioned to sculpt the statue for the buttresses of the Cathedral in Florence;  it was never put in place and later was moved to the Palazzo Vecchio.