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David and Goliath
Artist: Orazio Gentileschi
 1605    Painting

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Orazio Gentileschi’s David and Goliath (1605–08) plays with the perspectival curiosity of the diminutive David slaying the oversized Goliath. David, blade poised above his head, is ready to behead the supine giant, whose massive frame takes up most of the canvas.

David and Goliath
Artist: Carlo Pellicani
 1807    Sculpture

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In I Samuel 17:32-54 the young David uses a sling to fell Goliath, the huge Philistine champion, and then decapitates him. In the foreground he lifts up the head for all to see, his youth and vulnerability suggested by the contrast between his loose garments and Goliath's helmet and shield. In the background, the Philistines flee in fear, leaving behind even their encampment, which the Israelites would soon loot. 

The sculpture is marble and is in the West façade of Milan Cathedral