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Study of Donatello's bronze statue of David

Edgar Degas, c. 1858

Degas visited Italy in 1858-59 and made many studies after both sculptures and paintings. Donatello's bronze David in in the Bargello in Florence. The verso depicts a study of a horse's head perhaps after a classical sculpture like the flying Horses of Tarquinia and a study of the neck and shoulder of a male. A drawing from a collection of works which also includes studies of nudes, dancers, horses, and portrait studies of Therese Degas and Jules Perrot Debal.

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Title of artwork, date

Study of Donatello's bronze statue of David, c. 1858

Date supported

1978

Medium and material

Graphite on paper

Dimensions

29 x 22.2 cm

Gifted by

Andrew S F Gow

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