This is the third and last David that I studied at the Bargello in Florence (see exhibit #04 and #05). Note that all three pieces capture the moment after David, the shepherd boy, takes down Goliath with a stone from his sling, and decapitates the giant. Verrocchio would become a great Renaissance art master, whose pupil included Leonardo da Vinci, Ghirlandaio, and Sandro Botticelli. This Young David is much more open and explicit compared to Donatello's mysterious bronze version. Here, David is elegantly clothed, staring confidently at the viewer. It lacks the psychological complexity of Donatello's statue. (Don't worry, Michelangelo's will come.) Is he carrying a sense of innocence and unaware of his future reign as the King of Israel?
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