David ca. 1408-10 Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) Italian These four Old Testament prophets are among the masterpieces of this leading late Gothic Florentine painter. Each figure holds an identifying attribute and strikes a rhetorical pose. Moses holds the tablets of the Ten Commandments; Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac prefigures that of Christ; David, holding a cither, is considered a direct ancestor of Christ; and Noah's ark prefigures the Church. These intense figures have reminded scholars of the sculpture of Donatello and Ghiberti. Were they arranged single file or superimposed in pairs; did they form an altarpiece or serve some other function We can’t say.. David. Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) (Italian, Florence () ca. 1370-1425 Florence ()). ca. 1408-10. Tempera on wood, gold ground. Paintings
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