Andrea del Castagno (painter) Italian, before 1419 - 1457 David with the Head of Goliath, c. 1450/1455 tempera on leather on wood Overall (width at top): 115.5 x 76.5 cm (45 1/2 x 30 1/8 in.) overall (width at bottom): 115.5 x 40.6 cm (45 1/2 x 16 in.) Widener Collection 1942.9.8

From the Tour: The Early Renaissance in Florence
Object 6 of 8

Exhibition History

1857

Catalogue of the Art Treasures of the United Kingdom, Manchester, 1957, no. 55, as by Pollajuolo.

1979

Berenson and the Connoisseurship of Italian Painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1979, no. 36, repro.

2004

Verrocchio's David Restored: A Renaissance Bronze from the National Museum of the Bargello, Florence, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004, fig. 13 (p. 43), not shown at two earlier venues in Florence and Atlanta.

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