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
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.
David