By a happy chance the marble upon which Donatello worked had light veins running through it just where the head is, with the result that the face seems to possess a radiance of its own.

This statue was made for Or San Michele, where it used to stand until 1891, when the present bronze replica that takes its place was made.

The spirited marble frieze underneath it at Or San Michele is the original and has been there for centuries.

It was this S.George whom Ruskin took as the head and inspiration of his Saint George's Guild.
The David is interesting not only in itself but as being the first isolated statue of modern times.

It was made for Cosimo de' Medici, to stand in the courtyard of the Medici palace (now the Riccardi), and until that time, since antiquity, no one had made a statue to stand on a pedestal and be observable from all points.