David.
by Lorenzo Monaco -Piero di Giovanni-
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David.
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Lorenzo Monaco -Piero di Giovanni-
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David. Artist: Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) (Italian, Florence (?) ca. 1370-1425 Florence (?)). Dimensions: Arched top, 22 3/8 x 17 in. (56.8 x 43.2 cm). Date: ca. 1408-10.
These four Old Testament prophets are among the masterpieces of this leading late Gothic Florentine painter. Each figure holds an identifying attribute and strikes a rhetorical pose. Moses holds the tablets of the Ten Commandments; Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac prefigures that of Christ; David, holding a cither, is considered a direct ancestor of Christ; and Noah's ark prefigures the Church. These intense figures have reminded scholars of the sculpture of Donatello and Ghiberti. Were they arranged single file or superimposed in pairs; did they form an altarpiece or serve some other function? We can't say. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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