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Toscana

Piazza della Signoria

David

(c. 1040-970 BCE)
second king of the United Kingdom of Israel, and an ancestor of Jesus
(Wikipedia)

Michelangelo
1501-04 (copy)

Description

5.17-metre (17.0 ft) marble statue of a standing male nude, representing the Biblical hero David.
The original is since 1873 in the Galleria dell'Accademia. The copy on the square dates from 1910.

Firenze - David

Sculptor

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (Caprese 1475 - Rome 1564), Florentine sculptor, , painter, architect, and poet (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, David (Michelangelo), and in English: David (Michelangelo).

Locatie (N 43°46'9" - E 11°15'21") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: itto043; Photograph: 8 May 2017
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