This Week in History: David & Michelangelo
Friday, 13 September 2019
by David
This week in 1501, Michelangelo began work on his statue of David, one of Renaissance Italy’s most famous works of art. The artist took three years to complete the piece, unveiling it in 1504. David was originally meant to stand on the roof-line of the Florence Cathedral, but it (he) was instead placed at Palazzo Vecchio
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Florence, Italian Renaissance, King David, Michelangelo, Renaissance, Renaissance art, Renaissance Florence, statue of David
