Study of Donatello's bronze statue of David

Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917)

Fitzwilliam Museum

circa 1858

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. A drawing from a collection of works which also includes studies of nudes, dancers, horses, and portrait studies of Therese Degas and Jules Perrot Debal.

• Medium: graphite on paper
• Dimensions: 29 x 22.2cm
• ArtFunded in: 1978
• Bequeathed by Andrew S F Gow through The Art Fund

Provenance

Degas family; Hotel Drouot sale 1950; Marlborough Gallery, London, 1952; Professor Andrew Gow.

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