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
David (Donatello) Academy in Norwich, Connecticut, United States. David continued to be a subject of great interest for Italian patrons and artists. Later representations of the Biblical hero include Antonio del Pollaiuolo's "David" (Berlin, Staatliche Museen, c. 1470, panel painting), Verrocchio's "David" (Florence, Bargello, 1470s, bronze), Domenico Ghirlandaio's "David" (Florence, S. Maria Novella, c. 1485, fresco), Bartolomeo Bellano's "David" (New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1470s, bronze), Michelangelo's "David" (Florence, Accademia, 1501-1504, marble), and Bernini's "David", (Rome, Galleria Borghese, 1623–24, marble). David (Donatello) David is the title of two statues of the biblical hero David by the Italian early Renaissance sculptor Donatello.