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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
David
Image View:
Detail, upper figure viewed from left, with sling and stone
Creator:
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian sculptor, 1598-1680)
Location:
repository: Galleria Borghese (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazzale del Museo Borghese 5
GPS:
41.914 12.492
Date:
1623-1624 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Baroque
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
white marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
170 cm (height)
Description:
Begun after Apollo and Daphne but finished before, David was the last statue Bernini created for Cardinal Scipione Borghese. The vigorous pose is akin to the model of a man throwing a spear or stone in Leonardo da Vinci’s Trattato della pittura (for further discussion see Lavin, 1985, pp. 1-23), a model followed by Annibale Carracci in the figure of Polyphemus on the ceiling of the gallery of the Palazzo Farnese. The 25-year old Bernini modeled the youth's tense facial expression from his own face. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-BG-BG-D-D05
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

David