There it disappeared.
We possess, however, a fine pen-and-ink drawing by the hand of Michelangelo, which may well have been a design for this second David.
The muscular and naked youth, not a mere lad like the colossal statue, stands firmly posed upon his left leg with the trunk thrown boldly back.

His right foot rests on the gigantic head of Goliath, and his left hand, twisted back upon the buttock, holds what seems meant for the sling.

We see here what Michelangelo's conception of an ideal David would have been when working under conditions more favourable than the damaged block afforded.

On the margin of the page the following words may be clearly traced: "Davicte cholla fromba e io chollarcho Michelagniolo,"-- David with the sling, and I with the bow.
Meanwhile Michelangelo received a still more important commission on the 24th of April 1503.

The Consuls of the Arte della Lana and the Operai of the Duomo ordered twelve Apostles, each 4-1/4 cubits high, to be carved out of Carrara marble and placed inside the church.