David (Donatello) Roman type of mature, bearded head". Donatello's bronze statue of David (circa 1440s) is famous as the first unsupported standing work of bronze cast during the Renaissance, and the first freestanding nude male sculpture made since antiquity. It depicts David with an enigmatic smile, posed with his foot on Goliath's severed head just after defeating the giant. The youth is completely naked, apart from a laurel-topped hat and boots, bearing the sword of Goliath. The creation of the work is entirely undocumented, and it has been given a range of datings. According to one theory, it was commissioned by the
Statue of Hercules strangling the Nemean Lion, Piazza Ognissanti may have been favored given Mussolini's identification with Hercules, and focus on the subjugation of Africa and the incorporation of large tracts of the continent into his Italian empire. The statue of Manin remained in exile for over half a century in Piazzale Galilei; however, Manin the patriot was no stranger himself to exile, and lived nearly a decade in France. Statue of Hercules strangling the Nemean Lion, Piazza Ognissanti The statue of Hercules Strangling the Lion is a bronze statue located in the Piazza Ognissanti, overlooking the Arno river in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. The first bronze statuettes