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Accademia Gallery Museum, Florence, Italy
Accademia Gallery Museum in Florence, Italy. Famous for its sculptures by the great Renaissance artist, Michelangelo. His Prisoners (or Slaves), his St. Matthew and, above all, the magnificent statue of David. Home to other great Italian artists such as Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Pontormo, Andrea del Sarto, Allessando Allori and Orcagna. Several works were part of collection of the powerful Medici family.
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Michelangelo’s David
Title: Michelangelo’s David.
Artist: Michelangelo.
Date: 1501 and 1504.
Size: 14’.
Medium: Marble.
Location: Tribune of David.
Remarks: Originally commissioned by the Opera del Duomo for the Cathedral of Florence, it was meant to be one of a series of large statues to be positioned in the niches of the cathedral’s tribunes-way up at about 80m from the ground - to heavy.
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