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David Victorious over Goliath

1722

Giovanni Battista Foggini

(Italian, 1652–1725)

Italy, Florence, 18th century

Terracotta

Overall: 41.3 x 47.6 x 31.5 cm (16 1/4 x 18 3/4 x 12 3/8 in.)

Gift of Harold T. Clark in memory of Mrs. William B. Sanders 1966.126

Location

301 Baroque Sculpture Mezzanine

Description

This terracotta model was used to cast part of a series of bronzes on religious subjects. Foggini depicted David humbly, a compelling contrast to the more traditional Florentine approach of David as a proud victor.

Provenance

Venuti Collection (Florence, Italy), 1724

Kurt Rossacher (Salzburg, Austria), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 143 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 143 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 142 archive.org

Exhibition history

"Nota de quadri e opere de sculture...SS. Nonziata," Florence, 1724, p. 8.

CMA, 1966: "Golden Anniversary Acquisitions," Bulletin, LIII (September 1966), p. 277, no. 9, repr. p. 233.

CMA, 1971: Florence and the Arts - Five Centuries of Patronage, July 13 - Sept. 19, 1971, cat. no. 38, repr.

Detroit, MI: Detroit Institute of Arts, The Twilight of the Medici, March 25-September 29, 1974, cat. no. 11, repr. p. 49 (also traveled to Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy).

Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971).

The Twilight of the Medici: Late Baroque Art in Florence, 1670 - 1743. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (organizer) (March 15-June 5, 1974).

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