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David
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sculpture by Michelangelo
David is a marble sculpture created by Michelangelo in the early 1500s that depicts the biblical figure David as a young, idealized male nude. It is considered one of the most important works of Renaissance art and a masterpiece of sculpture due to its technical skill, artistic vision, and cultural influence on Western art history.
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Il David di Michelangelo - Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze
La Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze ospita il David di Michelangelo, simbolo del rinascimento fiorentino.
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- Instance of
- cultural property
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Florence
- Genre
- marble sculpture
- Based on
- First Book of Samuel
- Depicts
- nudity
- Movement
- Italian Renaissance sculpture
- Material used
- Carrara marble
- Creator
- Michelangelo
- Collection
- Galleria dell'Accademia
- Location
- piazza della Signoria
- Official website
- www.galleriaaccademiafirenze.it/opere/david
- Image
- 'David' by Michelangelo Fir JBU004.jpg
- Height
- 517
- Width
- 199
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- Commons category
- David by Michelangelo Buonarroti
- Commons gallery
- David (Michelangelo)
- title
- Dawid
- commissioned by
- Wool Guild
- inventory number
- 1076
- time period
- High Renaissance
- catalog code
- S10
- described at URL
- www.vam.ac.uk/articles/the-story-of-michelangelos-david
- inception
- 1500-00-00
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- publication date
- 1504-07-07
- place of publication
- piazza della Signoria
- copyright status
- public domain
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