 The armor was shed, as David was unaccustomed to it and he can fight better without.At his feet is his harp, often included as an iconographic device of David in reference to David the Psalmist and being a talented harpist.The biblical David was a popular subject among Renaissance artists and had been treated by sculptors such as Donatello (1440s), Verrocchio (1473-1475) and Michelangelo (1501-1504).