COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Digital Research Library
Record
Title:
David
Title:
Detail, upper figure viewed from left, with sling and stone
View:
Detail, upper figure viewed from left, with sling and stone
Creators:
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian sculptor, 1598-1680)
Date:
1623-1624 (creation)
Style/Period:
Baroque
Location:
repository: Galleria Borghese (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazzale del Museo Borghese 5
GPS:
+41.914+12.492
Culture:
Italian
Materials:
white marble
Work Types:
visual works; casts (sculpture)
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/)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Technique:
carving (processes)
Image Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Vendor ID:
7A1-BG-BG-D-D05
MDID Identifier:
79128
Archivision Set:
Archivision Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Measurements:
170 cm (height)
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