David

The statue of David depicts the biblical story of David and Goliath capturing the moment of resolve before the battle. Carved from a single block of stone, Michelangelo believed the artist's task is sculpting the marble block to reveal and liberate the ideal form within. Heralded as a masterpiece of High Renaissance sculpture, the statue came to symbolize the defense of civil liberties embodied in the 1494 constitution of the Republic of Florence. Originally commissioned as one of a series of statues of twelve prophets to be positioned along the roof line of the east end of Florence Cathedral, the statue ultimately found a home in the public square in front of the Palazzo della Signoria during its unveiling on September 8, 1504. Later in 1873, the statue was moved to the Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence while a replica was placed in the square in 1910. To learn more about the statue of David, please visit this Wikipedia article where this description was sourced.