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El David es una escultura de bronce de 158 cm de altura, obra del escultor italiano Donatello. La obra fue realizada en torno a 1440 (o a 1430 según algunos expertos) por encargo de Cosme de Médici , que quería colocarla en los jardines de su palacio de Florencia . [ 1 ]
David is the title of two statues of the biblical hero by the Italian Early Renaissance sculptor Donatello. They consist of an early work in marble of a clothed figure (1408–09), and a far more famous bronze figure that is nude except for helmet and boots, and dates to the 1440s or later.
El David de mármol de Donatello es considerado su primera obra importante y muestra la transición del artista del estilo gótico —que todavía estaba presente en Italia— a una representación más clásica.
La estatua, fundida en bronce, mide algo más de 1.5 metros de altura (159 cm). Ilustra la historia bíblica de cómo el joven luchador judío David mató al gigante filisteo Goliat en combate singular, armado sólo con una honda y unos guijarros.
David for the win. Donatello’s costly life-sized bronze is often eclipsed in the modern imagination by Michelangelo’s better known marble version. The later artist’s nude colossus, however, owes much to the early renaissance sculptor.
4 de jul. de 2024 · Donatello, master of sculpture in both marble and bronze, one of the greatest of all Italian Renaissance artists. He had a more detailed and wide-ranging knowledge of ancient sculpture than any other artist of his day.
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.
Donatello's first marble David, carved when the sculptor was in his early twenties, was commissioned in 1408 by the Opera del Duomo, to stand high on a buttress of Florence Cathedral.
Donatello, David, c. 1440, bronze, 158 cm (Museo Nazionale de Bargello, Florence) (photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) The subject of this sculpture is David and Goliath, from the Old Testament. According to the story, Israel (the descendents of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) is threatened by Goliath, a "giant of a man, measuring over nine feet tall.
David by Donatello. Renaissance sculptor Donatello created two likenesses of the biblical hero David. The first was a remarkable statue carved from marble early in his career, but it did not quite capture the realism that would become Donatello's trademark.
