Michelangelo's David
David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture, created between 1501 and 1504 by the Italian artist Michelangelo.
The statue is massive at 17 feet tall and more than 12,000 pounds, and is sculpted from a single block of white Carrara marble. The block of marble used to carve "David" had been worked on more than 50 years earlier by Donatello. That project was abandoned because the marble was said to have been flawed.
Michelangelo's David
David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture, created between 1501 and 1504 by the Italian artist Michelangelo.
The statue is massive at 17 feet tall and more than 12,000 pounds, and is sculpted from a single block of white Carrara marble. The block of marble used to carve "David" had been worked on more than 50 years earlier by Donatello. That project was abandoned because the marble was said to have been flawed.