Italian art, detail of sculpture of David, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Galleria Borghese Museum, Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy
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4000 x 6000 px | 33.9 x 50.8 cm | 13.3 x 20 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
27 October 2019Location:
Galleria Borghese, Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, ItalyMore information:
David is a life-size marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The sculpture was one of many commissions to decorate the villa of Bernini's patron Cardinal Scipione Borghese – where it still resides today, as part of the Galleria Borghese. It was completed in the course of seven months from 1623 to 1624. The subject of the work is the biblical David, about to throw the stone that will bring down Goliath, which will allow David to behead him. Compared to earlier works on the same theme (notably the David of Michelangelo), the sculpture broke new ground in its implied movement and its psychological intensity.