DAVID NOTEBOOK

Quadeno customised with the profile of Michelangelo’s David.
The notebook is available in different colours: green, blue, red, yellow, beige.
The original work is preserved in the Galleria dell’Accademia.

It was 1501 when Michelangelo started working on the enormous block of marble, commissioned by the Arte della Lana and the Opera del Duomo of Florence. Two artists, Agostino di Duccio and Rossellino, had already sketched it out and given up because of the difficult quality of the marble. This obstacle did not prevent the young Michelangelo from creating one of the most sensational sculptures in the history of art: the David. Immediately recognised as a masterpiece, the authorities set up a commission of experts, including Leonardo, Botticelli and Perugino, to decide on its new location, which was finally chosen at the entrance to Palazzo Vecchio. Facing the centre of city power, and in the heart of Florence, the figure of the young biblical hero with the resolute gaze becomes the symbol of the city.