Statues of david by verrocchio biography images

ER's Eyes - Our planet is so beautiful. This David has the lively appearance of a contemporary Florentine young man who is proud of his victory. With insolent arrogance, David has his left hand on his hip while on his right he holds his sword. They placed the statue of the civic hero and symbol of the city near the entrance to the Priors room at Palazzo Vecchio.

Andrea del Verrocchio's bronze statue of David was most likely made between and It was commissioned by the Medici family. It is sometimes claimed that Verrocchio modeled the statue after his pupil Leonardo da Vinci.

Michelangelo david

The statue represents the youthful David, future king of the Israelites, triumphantly posed over the head of the slain Goliath. Placement of Goliath's head has been a source of some debate for art historians. When exhibited at the National Gallery of Art, the head was placed between David's feet, as is the case in the statue's permanent home, the National Museum of the Bargello, in Florence, Italy.

Another school of art historians have suggested that Verrocchio intended for Goliath's head to be placed to David's right, pointing to the diagonals of the ensemble. This placement was temporarily arranged at the National Gallery of Art, as well as Atlanta's High Museum, among others.