6 Davids a Day...will make me STAY!

Everyone knows about Michelangelo's Statue of David, and the copies of the original, but did you know there are 3 more statues of David in Florence (and I don't mean all the ones for sell)!

We will start with most famous...

1-Michelangelo's Statue if David locate in the Accademia, carved in 1501-1504.

2-A copy of Michelangelo's David that stands where the original stood, outside Palazzo Vecchio from around 1910.

3-Piazzale Michelangelo is a bronze copy, set with other figures around it, that looks over the city.

4-Donatello's Marble David (located in the Bargello Museum), is a very youthful sculpture.  The age of this figure probably approximates the correct biblical age of the boy whose older brothers were off fighting while he was excluded. 

5-Donatello's Bronze David (also located in the Bargello Museum), becomes a rather sexy in this version that may date to the 1440s. He is wearing a warrior-like helmet and boots, and he stands on a large winged helmet attached to the head of Goliath. Think back to the biblical story – Saul offers David armour, but David takes it off, prefering his shepherd’s garb.

6-Verrocchio's Bronze David (located in the Bargello Museum), the cocky young David from 1475.  The choice of clothing here is a Roman tunic, but it seems to be made up of only borders, so that his defined chest shows through.  The figure holds a short sword (remember it’s supposed to be the sword that belonged to the 9-foot tall Golaith) in order to extend the direction of his jutting-out hip, creating a rather more open composition than the closed.