The sculpture David was created by which artist?

• A. Donatello
• B. Michelangelo
• C. Leonardo da Vinci
• D. Bernini

Answer: (B)

Michelangelo is the artist who created the famous statue of David. Carved in Florence between 1501 and 1504, this marble work showcases Renaissance ideals of human beauty with precise anatomy and a calm, poised stance created through contrapposto. It’s notable for being carved from a single block and for presenting David before his battle, which gives it a monumental, idealized presence.

This sculpture is distinct from Donatello’s earlier bronze David, which is smaller and more narrative in mood, and from Bernini’s later Baroque David, which depicts a dynamic, mid-action moment. Leonardo da Vinci did not sculpt a version of David.