© Fitzwilliam Museum
Study of Donatello's bronze statue of David
Artist: Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917)
Location: Fitzwilliam Museum
Date: circa 1858
Materials: graphite on paper
Dimensions: 29 x 22.2cm
Bequest:
Review number: 2743 (1978)
Provenance:
Degas family; Hotel Drouot sale 1950; Marlborough Gallery, London, 1952; Professor Andrew Gow.
Description:
Degas visited Italy in 1858-59 and made many studies after both sculptures and paintings. Donatello's bronze David in in the Bargello in Florence. The verso depicts a study of a horse's head perhaps after a classical sculpture like the flying Horses of Tarquinia and a study of the neck and shoulder of a male.
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