David

Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, 1624, Galleria Borghese

‘David’ is a work by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italy, 1598–1680). It is dated 1624. It is part of the collection Galleria Borghese. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

It was commissioned by Scipione Borghese. It is made of marble. It is 170 cm high. The work belongs to the genre religious sculpture as genre. The things depicted include David, weapon sling, movement, and body armor.

The catalogue has 87 more works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

• The Baroque