# David with the Head of Goliath

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BELLANO, Bartolommeo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellano-bartolommeo-r6266f5c18bcb97-r6266f5c18bcb97>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Bronze, height 29 cm

## Commentary

One of the most remarkable aspects of this sculpture is a relief on the underside of the base that depicts David and his flock of sheep. This feature is unique to Renaissance bronzes, and suggests the statuette was meant to be handled, admired, turned over, and contemplated by its owner.

## Related artworks

- [David with the Head of Goliath \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellano-bartolommeo-r6266f5c18bcb97-r6266f5c18bcb97/david-with-the-head-of-goliath-detail-r8e12a61d1c0ebf>)
- [David with the Head of Goliath](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellano-bartolommeo-r6266f5c18bcb97-r6266f5c18bcb97/david-with-the-head-of-goliath-ra3e0796f062ee9>)
- [Education of Cupid in Vulcan&#39;s Forge](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellano-bartolommeo-r6266f5c18bcb97-r6266f5c18bcb97/education-of-cupid-in-vulcans-forge-r7dd84acd702385>)
- [Europa and the Bull](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellano-bartolommeo-r6266f5c18bcb97-r6266f5c18bcb97/europa-and-the-bull-rd4eaeae4be9ecc>)
- [Grazing Ox](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellano-bartolommeo-r6266f5c18bcb97-r6266f5c18bcb97/grazing-ox-rcb0b5a3391fb30>)
- [Lamentation over the Dead Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellano-bartolommeo-r6266f5c18bcb97-r6266f5c18bcb97/lamentation-over-the-dead-christ-r9ddb6c27b2b901>)
- [Lamentation over the Dead Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellano-bartolommeo-r6266f5c18bcb97-r6266f5c18bcb97/lamentation-over-the-dead-christ-rcf4dc4de6a7871>)
- [Monument to Pietro Roccabonella \(fragment\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellano-bartolommeo-r6266f5c18bcb97-r6266f5c18bcb97/monument-to-pietro-roccabonella-fragment-r1a5982d69dfdb0>)
- [Monument to Pietro Roccabonella \(fragment\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellano-bartolommeo-r6266f5c18bcb97-r6266f5c18bcb97/monument-to-pietro-roccabonella-fragment-r1ce850d44c6949>)
- [Samson Destroying the Temple of the Philistines](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellano-bartolommeo-r6266f5c18bcb97-r6266f5c18bcb97/samson-destroying-the-temple-of-the-philistines-r77800a76de2202>)
- [Tabernacle-reliquary](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellano-bartolommeo-r6266f5c18bcb97-r6266f5c18bcb97/tabernacle-reliquary-r09618434353170>)
- [The Dead Christ with Two Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellano-bartolommeo-r6266f5c18bcb97-r6266f5c18bcb97/the-dead-christ-with-two-angels-r170cdc875b9dcd>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)