On Sept. 8, 1504 this Michelangelo statue was completed, in all his glory
According to Helen Gardner and other scholars, David is depicted 
before his ... Michelangelo's work surpassed "all ancient and modern statues, 
whether... [DOC] [TLE] Michelangelo's 'David' It still dazzles, amazes, confounds - philly ... [PAR] Sep 12, 2004 ... On Sept. 8, 1504, Michelangelo's David - all 17-plus feet (with pedestal) and nine
-plus tons of ... up out in the open - the first time since antiquity a large statue of a 
male nude had been so displayed.