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
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Florence) for the Baptistery of Florence Cathedral called the "Gates of Paradise", the "cantorias", or singing-galleries, designed for the cathedral by Luca della Robbia and Donatello, Donatello's "Penitent Magdalene". The collection also includes "The Deposition", a pietà sculpted by Michelangelo which he intended for his own tomb. Although it was reported on August 6, 2013, that a tourist had accidentally snapped a finger off of a 14th-century statue of the Virgin Mary by Giovanni d'Ambrogio, the finger was from a later repair and not part of the original work. <br> Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Florence) The Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Museum