Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: David

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title: 
David
Image View: 
Base with discarded armor
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.oxfordartonline.com/)
Collection: 
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier: 
7A1-BG-BG-D-F04
Rights: 
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