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Bronze David Florence. The bronze david did not get into the palazzo vecchio before 1495. Donatello’s bronze david, is usually thought to show either the forces of civilization conquering savagery or an affirmation of the political dominance in florence or milan or the medici family over business rivals.

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It is a 14.0 ft marble statue depicting the biblical hero david, represented as a standing male nude. It depicts david with an enigmatic smile, posed with his foot on goliath's severed head just after defeating the giant. The bronze david did not get into the palazzo vecchio before 1495.

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The artist's second sculpture of david measures 158cm and is dated from around the 1430s to 1440s. It is sometimes claimed that verrocchio modeled the statue after his pupil leonardo da vinci. It is moreover probable, that this statue was made for the court of the new medici palace, which was erected by michelozzo! Both are now in the museo nazionale del bargello in florence.