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image of The David of the Casa Martelli
Bernardo Rossellino or Antonio Rossellino
Bernardo Rossellino (sculptor)
Italian, 1409 - 1464
Antonio Rossellino (sculptor)
Italian, 1427 - 1479
The David of the Casa Martelli, c. 1461/1479
marble
overall: 164.6 x 50.4 x 42.4 cm (64 13/16 x 19 13/16 x 16 11/16 in.) gross weight (figure and pedestal): 1.075 tn (2150 lb.) gross weight (figure only): 272.158 kg (600 lb.) gross weight (pedestal only): 0.775 tn (1550 lb.) pedestal weight (top section): 0.45 tn (900 lb.) pedestal weight (bottom section): 294.838 kg (650 lb.)
Widener Collection
1942.9.115
On View
From the Tour: Florentine Sculpture of the 15th Century
Object 5 of 8

1892Bode, Wilhelm von. Denkmäler der Renaissance-sculptur in Italien. 17 vols. Munich, 1892-1904: 2:pl. 25.
1904Schottmüller, Frida. Donatello, ein Beitrag zum Verständnis seiner künstlerischen Tat. Munich, 1904: 124.
1904Meyer, Alfred Gotthold. Donatello. Trans. P.G. Konody. London, 1904: 93-96, 146, 149, fig. 86.
1907Schubring, Paul. Donatello: Des Meisters Werke in 277 Abbildungen. Stuttgart and Leipzig, 1907: repro. 38 (2nd ed., New York, 1921).
1911Crawford, 27th earl of (David Alexander Edward Lindsay, also known as Lord Balcarres). Donatello. 2nd ed. London, 1911: 52-55 (1st ed. 1903).
1916Sirén, Osvald. "Two Florentine Sculptures Sold to America." The Burlington Magazine 29, no. 161 (August 1961): 197-199, pl. A.
1916Marquand, Allan. "The Martelli David and the Youthful St. John Baptist." Art in America 4, no. 6 (October 1916): 358-366, fig. 1.
1942Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 8, as by Donatello.
1948Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 113, repro., as by Donatello.
1949Seymour, Charles. Masterpieces of Sculpture from the National Gallery of Art. Washington and New York, 1949: 175, note 17, 66-71, as by Donatello.
1949L. J. Roggeveen. "De National Gallery of Art te Washington." Phoenix 4, no. 12 (December 1949): 334, 336, repro., as by Donatello.
1957Shapley, Fern Rusk. Comparisons in Art: A Companion to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. London, 1957 (reprinted 1959): pl. 18.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 153, as by Donatello.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 136, repro., as by Donatello.
1980Parronchi, Alessandro. Donatello e il Potere. Florence and Bologna, 1980: 101-115, 129-134, figs. 45, 46b.
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 629, no. 973, repro., as by Donatello.
1985Cropper, Elizabeth. "Prolegomena to a New Interpretation of Bronzino's Florentine Portraits." In Renaissance Studies in Honor of Craig Hugh Smyth. Andrew Morrogh, ed. Florence, 1985: 152-155, fig. 2.
1987Lydecker, John Kent. The Domestic Setting of the Arts in Renaissance Florence. Ph.D. diss., The John Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1987: 132-133.
1991Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 201.
1994Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 212, repro.
2007Desiderio da Settignano: Sculptor of Renaissance Florence. Exh. cat. Musée du Louvre, Paris; Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Milan, 2007: 63-64, fig. 35.
2010Collareta, Marco. "Painting and its sisters: Bronzino and the art system." In Bronzino: Artist and Poet at the Court of the Medici. Carlo Falciano and Antonio Natali, eds. Florence, 2010: 199

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