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No work of sculpture in the history of the mankind is as famous as Michelangelo’s David. Read the history of the greatest work of art ever.A fresh free city received his hero, Michelangelo Buonarroti, after some years of absence. The sculptor had been traveling across italy, living in Rome since 1496. Here, he had become the most famous sculptor in all of Italy thanks to the Pietà. At the same time, the city of Florence had banned the Medici family, and after a short period of domination by the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola, now it was a free Republic. Private and public commissions were numerous and it was again the greatest city to live in for any artist. Everything was set for the creation of the most famous statue in the World: Michelangelo’s David.
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