Bronze Copy of Michelangelo's David by Clemente Papi, Piazzale Michelangiolo, Florence - PICTURES FROM ITALY (Est. 2001)

The Second David

31/3/2018

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Bronze copy of Michelangelo's David by Clemente Papi, Piazzale Michelangiolo, Florence

Bronze copy of Michelangelo's David by Clemente Papi

Since 1875, the 400th anniversary of Michelangelo's birth, a bronze copy of the master's statue of David, the work of Clemente Papi (1803-75), has been the centrepiece of Piazzale Michelangiolo.

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My name is David Lown and I am an art historian from Cambridge, England.

Since 200I I have been living in Italy, where I run private tours of Florence, Rome &
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