Andrea del Verrocchio David with the Head of Goliath ca. 1465 bronze statue Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence |
Bartolomeo Bellano David with the Head of Goliath ca. 1470-80 bronze statuette (gilt at later date) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Marcantonio Raimondi David with the Head of Goliath ca. 1506 engraving Philadelphia Museum of Art |
Lucas van Leyden David with the Head of Goliath ca. 1514 engraving Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
Jacob Binck David with the Head of Goliath 1530 engraving Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
Jan Saenredam after Lucas van Leyden David with the Head of Goliath 1600 engraving Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh |
Pieter Serwouters after Lucas van Leyden David with the Head of Goliath ca. 1620 engraving Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio |
Tanzio da Varallo David with the Head of Goliath ca. 1620 oil on canvas Museo del Prado, Madrid |
Valentin de Boulogne David with the Head of Goliath ca. 1620-22 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
Claude Vignon David with the Head of Goliath ca. 1620-23 oil on canvas Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas |
Giuseppe Caletti (il Cremonese) David carrying the Head of Goliath ca. 1620-30 etching Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Giuseppe Caletti (il Cremonese) David contemplating the Head of Goliath ca. 1620-30 etching Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Giuseppe Caletti (il Cremonese) David carrying the Head of Goliath ca. 1630-40 etching and drypoint Philadelphia Museum of Art |
Alessandro Turchi David with the Head of Goliath ca. 1620-30 oil on canvas private collection |
Pierre Brébiette David with the Head of Goliath ca. 1630 etching Philadelphia Museum of Art |
Pieter de Grebber David with the Head of Goliath ca. 1630 oil on canvas Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen |
from In the House of Wax
The rooms are large and numerous,
and we in our restless striding
find that they never end.
It is as if we had lived here
always, captive to this endless
and malign instruction;
had served those mighty tempers,
and learned too well
these never-blotted names.
And we live here still,
sharing these murderous spaces,
this blood-haunted silence.
– John Haines (1996)