New Evidence for the Iconography of David in Quattrocento Florence
Andrew Butterfield
A s every student of the Renaissance knows, young, victorious David was one most popular themes in quattrocento and early cinquecento art Florence. Between 1416 1504, four major sculptures were made Florence: Donatello's marble David, which erected Palazzo Vecchio 1416;1 his bronze probably executed 1440s but is first documented 1460s when it on a pedestal cortile Medici;2 Verrocchio's for Medici around 1465 sold by them to Signoria 1476;3 great figure Michelangelo carved between 1501 set up front Vecchio.' In addition, represented repeatedly paintings statues less monumental character, including works Castagno,5 Pollaiuo-
I Tatti Studies in the Italian Renaissance