David Victorious over Goliath
1722
Giovanni Battista Foggini
Giovanni Battista Foggini (Italian, 1652–1725)
European Painting and Sculpture
David Victorious over Goliath, 1722. Giovanni Battista Foggini (Italian, 1652–1725). Terracotta; overall: 41.3 x 47.6 x 31.5 cm (16 1/4 x 18 3/4 x 12 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Harold T. Clark in memory of Mrs. William B. Sanders 1966.126 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.
- Maker/Artist
- Foggini, Giovanni Battista
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- terracotta
- Medium
- terracotta
- Dimensions
- Overall: 41.3 x 47.6 x 31.5 cm (16 1/4 x 18 3/4 x 12 3/8 in.)
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1966.126
- Credit Line
- Gift of Harold T. Clark in memory of Mrs. William B. Sanders
- Exhibitions
- Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage, The Twilight of the Medici: Late Baroque Art in Florence, 1670 - 1743, "Nota de quadri e opere de sculture...SS. Nonziata," Florence, 1724, p. 8.<br>CMA, 1966: "Golden Anniversary Acquisitions," Bulletin, LIII (September 1966), p. 277, no. 9, repr. p. 233.<br>CMA, 1971: Florence and the Arts - Five Centuries of Patronage, July 13 - Sept. 19, 1971, cat. no. 38, repr. <br>Detroit, MI: Detroit Institute of Arts, The Twilight of the Medici, March 25-September 29, 1974, cat. no. 11, repr. p. 49 (also traveled to Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 301 Baroque Sculpture Mezzanine
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