Marble Sculpture Of David Donatello

1386 1466 created an evocative bronze cast representation of david that stands apart from its successors.

Marble sculpture of david donatello.

The artist s second sculpture of david measures 158cm and is dated from the 1430s to 1440s. David is the title of two statues of the biblical hero david 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. One should note that in 1408 9 at the age of 23 donatello carved a bland conventional 6 foot tall marble sculpture of david for the. Both are now in the museo nazionale del bargello in florence.

Donatello s earliest work of which there is certain knowledge a marble statue of david shows an artistic debt to ghiberti who was then the leading florentine exponent of international gothic a style of graceful softly curved lines strongly influenced by northern european art. David was originally commissioned as one of a series of statues of prophets to be positioned along the roofline of the east end of florence cathedral. David is a 5 17 metre 17 0 ft marble statue of the biblical figure david a favoured subject in the art of florence. The metal depiction shows the young shepherd boy after he has already slain the.

The david originally intended for the cathedral was moved in. Nude sculpture within the renaissance was of course particularly common. Donatello s david in marble from 1408 1409. Donatello s penitent magdalene was a wooden sculpture that was carefully planned in order to reduce the chances of any cracking.

David shown on the left was produced from bronze and an earlier less famous version was produced in marble. Italian sculptor donatello is one of the most influential artists of the 15th century in italy known for his marble sculpture david among other popular works. David is a masterpiece of renaissance sculpture created in marble between 1501 and 1504 by the italian artist michelangelo. Donatello was influential in popularising the classicizing style where renaissance artists looked to the surviving works of antiquity for inspiration.

The marbled version features david fully clothed. However all references from the early renaissance 1400 90 clearly identify the sculpture as david. Donatello s marble statue of david. The biblical character of david was a highly popular subject in renaissance art perhaps made most famous by michelangelo s marble interpretation before him however the florentine sculptor donatello c.

In 1408 the artist was tasked to carve a marble statue of david who was a biblical character that fought courageously against the gigantic goliath.