Material: Resin, marble dust and alabaster. Alabaster base.
\nSize: cm 440
\nWeight: kg 9<\/p>\n
Craftsman: Egregia di A. Giannelli srl
\nManufactured entirely in Volterra, Tuscany, in stone reconstructed from marble dust and alabaster \u2013 a noble material typical of the area. The statues are initially produced using moulds prepared manually by experts in the field, and then finished one by one by the company\u2019s master craftsmen. The work includes chiselling, polishing and application of the external patina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Miniature replica of the David’s head, by Michelangelo Buonarroti sculpted in Florence between 1501 and 1504.
\nProduct in white resin and marble powder, made in Tuscany and finished by hand.
\nThe original statue is now housed inside the Galleria dell’Accademia.<\/p>\n
It was 1501 when Michelangelo began work on the huge 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 out statues on it before giving up because of the difficult quality of the marble. However, the obstacle it incurred did not prevent the young Michelangelo from creating one of the most sensational sculptures in the history of art: the statue of David. Immediately recognised as a masterpiece, the authorities set up a commission of experts \u2013 including Leonardo, Botticelli and Perugino \u2013 to decide on its new location, which was finally chosen at the entrance to Palazzo Vecchio. Facing the centre of urban power, and in the very heart of Florence, the figure of the young biblical hero with the resolute gaze became the symbol of the city itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10053,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[201,204,226,203,224,206],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10154","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-collectable-items","7":"product_cat-collectable-items-for-gifts","8":"product_cat-galleria-dellaccademia-en","9":"product_cat-gifts","10":"product_cat-museums","11":"product_cat-sculptures","12":"desktop-align-left","13":"tablet-align-left","14":"mobile-align-left","15":"ast-product-gallery-layout-horizontal","16":"ast-product-tabs-layout-horizontal","17":"ast-qv-on-image","19":"first","20":"instock","21":"taxable","22":"shipping-taxable","23":"purchasable","24":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n