<Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Galleria Borghese, Rome </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Coordinates </Th> <Td> Coordinates: 41 ° 54 ′ 50.4" N 12 ° 29 ′ 31.2" E ﻿ / ﻿ 41.914000 ° N 12.492000 ° E ﻿ / 41.914000; 12.492000 </Td> </Tr> <P> David is a life - size marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini . The sculpture was one of many commissions to decorate the villa of Bernini's patron Cardinal Scipione Borghese--where it still resides today, as part of the Galleria Borghese . It was completed in the course of seven months from 1623 to 1624 . </P> <P> The subject of the work is the biblical David, about to throw the stone that will bring down Goliath, which will allow David to behead him . Compared to earlier works on the same theme (notably the David of Michelangelo), the sculpture broke new ground in its implied movement and its psychological intensity . </P>

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