• Even though Donatello’s bronze David is significantly different than his marble David, a precedent existed for using David as a political symbol.
  • Donatello, the bronze David (1440s?), Bargello Florence, h.158 cm. David is the title of two statues of the biblical hero by the Italian Early Renaissance sculptor Donatello.
  • According to Volume II Art History, “Donatello’s bronze David was the first life size, free standing nude since antiquity” (Marilyn Stokstad and Michael W...
  • Donatello’s David stands at around 5’5, while Michelangelo’s hero is an incredible 17 feet high, making it more than twice the size of its predecessor.
  • Perhaps Donatello’s landmark work – and one of the greatest sculptural works of the early Renaissance – was his bronze statue of David.
  • They could be referring to one of two statues. Donatello’s David statues include one made of marble and the more famous statue of David made of bronze.
  • Donatello, David Donatello’s bronze “David” is naked; he is a young, frail teenager who has not yet reached adult size, wearing a strange hat, with one foot...
  • In all earlier images of David, including an earlier marble version carved by Donatello himself, David is clothed.
  • Additionally, Donatello shows David directly following his triumph over the giant while the Michelangelo's David depicts David prior to the battle.