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Title	David [plaster cast]
Alternate Title	Reproduction of Michelangelo's David
View	Detail, upper torso and head
Work Type	copies (derivative objects) reproductions replicas visual works sculpture (visual work)
Style/Period	Nineteenth century Renaissance
Attribution	after Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian sculptor, 1475-1564)
Creator Name	Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564
Creator Nationality	Italian
Contributors to Project	unknown (cast maker)
Subject.work	figure, male Old Testament and Apocrypha nude male nudity
Subject.image	sling and stone
Country	United Kingdom
City	London
State/Province	England
Location.Notes	Given by Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany to Queen Victoria in 1857
Architectural Material	patinated plaster
Technique	casting (process)
Dates	ca. 1857 (creation)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Date Photographed	5/25/2007
Subject Information	The original marble David was installed outside the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence in 1504. It was removed to the Accademia di Belle Arti in 1873, and replaced by a marble copy. A special plaster fig leaf was made for the V&A copy of David and hung on the statue on the occasion of visits by royal ladies. It was last used in the time of Queen Mary (1867-1953).
Information.source	V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum) [website]; http://www.vam.ac.uk/
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art); Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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