P9070087
Anglesey Abbey
Lode, Cambridgeshire
National Trust
Rose garden
David
Bronze, Italian (Florentine) School, after Donatello (Florence c.1386 – 1466), probably 19th century.
David only wearing a helmet, has been described as the first nude of the Renaissance. He is triumphantly standing, hand on hip, with the head of Goliath under his foot and holding the dead giant’s massive sword.
Goliath was a Philistine hero who, according to the biblical story in I Samuel 17 was nine feet tall. He challenged the Israelites saying that their best warrior should fight him and if he won, the Israelites would be his slaves, but if he lost, the Philistines would be enslaved. Goliath issued his challenge for forty days but no one was brave enough to meet him in single combat until the young shepherd, David, came forward without armour or sword. He killed Goliath using a stone and a sling and cut off his head with Goliath’s own sword.
P9070087
Anglesey Abbey
Lode, Cambridgeshire
National Trust
Rose garden
David
Bronze, Italian (Florentine) School, after Donatello (Florence c.1386 – 1466), probably 19th century.
David only wearing a helmet, has been described as the first nude of the Renaissance. He is triumphantly standing, hand on hip, with the head of Goliath under his foot and holding the dead giant’s massive sword.
Goliath was a Philistine hero who, according to the biblical story in I Samuel 17 was nine feet tall. He challenged the Israelites saying that their best warrior should fight him and if he won, the Israelites would be his slaves, but if he lost, the Philistines would be enslaved. Goliath issued his challenge for forty days but no one was brave enough to meet him in single combat until the young shepherd, David, came forward without armour or sword. He killed Goliath using a stone and a sling and cut off his head with Goliath’s own sword.