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Sculptured in Florence, Italy, this reproduction of Michelangelo’s famous “David” is one of only two copies in the world carved to the exact specifications as the original—seventeen feet high and weighing ten tons—and from one solid piece of Carrara marble excavated from the exact same quarry, Fantiscritti, in Miseglia, Tuscany, as Michelangelo’s masterpiece. Michelangelo’s statue of David is considered the most recognized sculpture in the world and one of the greatest artistic achievements of the Renaissance. The statue portrays the Biblical King David in a pensive mood, presumed by art scholars to be the moment just before his battle with Goliath.
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