# David of the Casa Martelli [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ROSSELLINO, Bernardo]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Marble, height 165 cm ## Commentary This statue, formerly attributed to Donatello, was executed by Bernardo \(or Antonio\) Rossellini. Once stood in the courtyard of the palace of the Martelli family in Florence, it appears in Agnolo <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/b/bronzino/2/martelli.html'\)" href="/html/b/bronzino/2/martelli.html">Bronzino's painting Ugolino Martelli.</a> Loyal to the Medici, the Martelli were a politically ambitious family of bankers with modest wealth. They were also significant patrons of the arts. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 11 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/17\_cent/kuhnau\_goliath.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Johann Kuhnau: The Fight between David and Goliath \(No. 1 of the 6 Stories from the Bible illustrated in music\)</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Annunciation]() - [Bishop's Palace]() - [Cathedral and Palazzo Piccolomini]() - [Cathedral and Palazzo Piccolomini]() - [Cathedral and Palazzo Piccolomini]() - [Exterior view]() - [Interior view]() - [Palazzo Piccolomini: Courtyard]() - [Palazzo Piccolomini Façade \(detail\)]() - [Palazzo Piccolomini: Garden]() - [Portal]() - [Tabernacle \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()