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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 nude male sculpture made since antiquity.
High upon an elevated base and visible when the main entry to the palace was open to visitors stood one of the most innovative sculptures of the early renaissance: Donatello’s bronze David. Donatello, David , c. 1440, bronze, 158 cm (Museo Nazionale de Bargello, Florence; photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
30 kwi 2020 · Around the 1440s–decades after Donatello created the marble David—he was commissioned by Cosimo de' Medici to depict the hero in bronze. The statue demonstrates classical influence, as the first freestanding nude male sculpture created since antiquity, and Donatello's own ingenious skill in casting the first unsupported standing work in ...
Donatello, David, c. 1440-1460, bronze. Perhaps Donatello’s landmark work – and one of the greatest sculptural works of the early Renaissance – was his bronze statue of David.
He most likely commissioned the bronze David from Donatello in about 1435 – 40 or later. By 1469 it was set up in Cosimo's new palace (now the Medici Riccardi Palace) – built by Donatello's one-time partner Michelozzo di Bartolomeo.
Donatello's Bronze Statue. Without doubt one of the greatest sculptures of the quattrocento, and an iconic work of Renaissance sculpture, the bronze statue of David, by Donatello (1386-1466), is one of the most daring interpretations of a Biblical theme in the history of sculpture.
David. 1430s. Bronze, height 158 cm. Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. As a free-standing, life-size nude - the first of the post-classical age - Donatello's bronze David is undoubtedly one of the most important sculptures of the Italian Early Renaissance.
