David Victorious over Goliath
Giovanni Battista Foggini (Italian, 1652–1725)
1722
- Medium
- terracotta
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- Overall: 41.3 x 47.6 x 31.5 cm (16 1/4 x 18 3/4 x 12 3/8 in.)
- Culture
- Italy, Florence
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of Harold T. Clark in memory of Mrs. William B. Sanders
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
This terracotta model was used to cast part of a series of bronzes on religious subjects. Foggini depicted David humbly, a compelling contrast to the more traditional Florentine approach of David as a proud victor. The subject of David was especially important because he had long symbolized Florence: the city was often able to overcome its larger rivals, much like David defeated the giant Goliath.
