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David (1502-1504)

In 1501 a large rough-cut piece of marble was commissioned to a young, 26-year-old, Michelangelo. Having been cast aside by two prior artists, the stone had been abandoned in the elements for 25 years, waiting to be finished. Michelangelo finished the statue within two years and had to work within the stone's narrow confines and the roughed-out pieces cut before his time.

From the Statue's caption: "At the end of 1501, Michelangelo obtained the permission of the Opera del Duomo to work a block of marble which had been abandoned in the courtyard of the Cathedral of Florence for the creation of the figure of the young hero, subsequently placed in front of Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza Signoria." (Academia Gallery, Florence)