#Vasari saying the David "surpassed" any statue #that had ever existed before.#The V&A's website says that the leaf was kept "in #readiness for any royal visits, 

#Vasari saying the David "surpassed" any statue #that had ever existed before.#apparently so shocked by the nudity that a fig #leaf was commissioned to cover up the genitalia.

#Vasari saying the David "surpassed" any statue #that had ever existed before.#Queen Victoria gifted a copy of the David to the #South Kensington museum - later the V&A - in 1857. When she first saw the cast, she was 

#Vasari saying the David "surpassed" any statue #that had ever existed before.#Queen Victoria gifted a copy of the David to the #South Kensington museum - later the V&A - in 1857. When she first saw the cast, she was 

#between 1501 and 1504. It was instantly hailed as a masterpiece, with Renaissance artist Giorgio 

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#Vasari saying the David "surpassed" any statue #that had ever existed before.

#Vasari saying the David "surpassed" any statue #that had ever existed before.#On Thursday, Florida's governor, Ron DeSantis, #moved to expand a law that banned public 

#suspended or losing their teaching licences.

#The David was completed by Michelangelo

#Vasari saying the David "surpassed" any statue #that had ever existed before

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#Vasari saying the David "surpassed" any statue #that had ever existed before.