Donatello (1386-1466), David, c.1420s-1460s, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence.
The sculpture was originally mounted on a pedastal, with an inscription which read:
“The victor is whoever defends the fatherland.
God crushes the wrath of an enormous foe.
Behold! A boy overcame a great tyrant.
Conquer, o citizens!”
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640),The Arrival of Marie de’Medici at Marseilles, 1626, Louvre Museum.
