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Michelangelo
An engraving of Michelangelo derived from a portrait of the artist by Jacopino del Conte after 1535.
In 1873, Michelangelo’s original David was moved from the Piazza della Signoria to the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, where it remains today.12