This work features a wreath of bay leaves found below a damascened pair of greaves. Albertini suggested that its now lost base was made of variegated marble, while Vasari says that it was a simple column. Coveted by the French envoy, Pierre de Rohan, who wanted a copy, it was the centerpiece of a courtyard at the Medici Palace until it was moved to the Palazzo Pubblico. According to Janson, this work's unheroic proportions are based on an ancient Greek Spinario, or image of a young boy. Now housed at the Bargello Museum, curators recently discovered that the titular subject's wavy hair was once embellished with gold. It depicts its subject standing contrapposto, lean
This work features a wreath of bay leaves found below a damascened pair of greaves. Albertini suggested that its now lost base was made of variegated marble, while Vasari says that it was a simple column. Coveted by the French envoy, Pierre de Rohan, who wanted a copy, it was the centerpiece of a courtyard at the Medici Palace until it was moved to the Palazzo Pubblico. According to Janson, this work's unheroic proportions are based on an ancient Greek Spinario, or image of a young boy. Now housed at the Bargello Museum, curators recently discovered that the titular subject's wavy hair was once embellished with gold. It depicts its subject standing contrapposto, leaning on a sword, and naked save for his leg armor and a garlanded hat. For 10 points, name this bronze statue by Donatello that depicts the title figure triumphantly standing on Goliath's head.
This work features a wreath of bay leaves found below a damascened pair of greaves.
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