page_title: David (Michelangelo)
section_title: See also
hierarchical_section_title: David (Michelangelo) / See also
context_page_description: David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created in marble between 1501 and 1504 by the Italian artist Michelangelo. David is a 5.17-metre marble statue of the Biblical figure David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence.
  David was originally commissioned as one of a series of statues of prophets to be positioned along the roofline of the east end of Florence Cathedral, but was instead placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo Vecchio, the seat of civic government in Florence, in the Piazza della Signoria, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, in 1873, and later replaced at the original location by a replica.
  Because of the nature of the figure it represented, the statue soon came to symbolize the defence of civil liberties embodied in the Republic of Florence, an independent city-state threatened on all sides by more powerful rival states and by the hegemony of the Medici family. The eyes of David, with a warning glare, were fixated towards Rome.
context_section_description: List of works by Michelangelo
  List of statues by height
caption: Approximate heights of various notable statues:
   1. Statue of Unity 240 m (790 ft) (incl. 58 m (190 ft) base)
   2. Spring Temple Buddha 153 m (502 ft) (incl. 25 m (82 ft) pedestal and 20 m (66 ft) throne)
   3. Statue of Liberty 93 m (305 ft) (incl. 47 m (154 ft) pedestal)
   4. The Motherland Calls  87 m (285 ft) (incl. 2 m (6 ft 7 in) pedestal)
   5. Christ the Redeemer 38 m (125 ft) (incl. 8 m (26 ft) pedestal) 
   6. Michelangelo's David  5.17 m (17.0 ft) (excl. 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) plinth)