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An engraving of Michelangelo derived from a portrait of the artist by Jacopino del Conte after 1535.
Michelangelo’s David stands nearly 17 feet (5.17 meters) tall.1
The Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo carved this iconic marble sculpture between 1501 and 1504. To accommodate the massive scale of the work, Michelangelo organized the figure into clear, large forms, demonstrating his technical virtuosity in extracting such a monumental statue from a previously abandoned and spoiled block of marble. Today, the original sculpture is housed in the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence.12