# The Young David \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VERROCCHIO, Andrea del]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Bronze ## Commentary Verrocchio's David stands, calm and relaxed, over the massive head of Goliath. As a goldsmith and silversmith, Verrocchio used an assemblage technique, a method favoured in the 14th century. The silver Beheading of St John the Baptist contains many separately cast elements; the kneeling saint, his executioners and the soldiers. He also used the same process for his larger-scale statues, casting different parts of free-standing statues and reliefs separately. The David was cast in two sections: the figure of the hero and the severed head of Goliath; the figures were extensively chiselled after casting. ## Related artworks - [Beheading of St John the Baptist]() - [Bust of a Young Woman]() - [Bust of Lorenzo de' Medici]() - [Christ and Doubting Thomas \(detail\)]() - [Christ and Doubting Thomas]() - [Christ and Doubting Thomas]() - [Christ and Doubting Thomas]() - [Christ and Doubting Thomas]() - [Equestrian Statue of Colleoni \(detail\)]() - [Equestrian Statue of Colleoni \(detail\)]() - [Equestrian Statue of Colleoni]() - [Equestrian Statue of Colleoni]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()