Exact replica of the original Michelangelo’s David
Unique, unrepeatable and limited edition
The David in 2 options: 9 life-size sculptures 52×33×22 cm
or 99 sculptures to scale 3:1, 17‘33×11×7’33 cm
PATRIMONIO EDICIONES IMPOSSIBLE MUSEUM FOUNDATION
MISSION
To make official replicas identical to the original, both of masterpieces of sculptural and pictorial art, mainly medieval manuscripts illuminated by court painters, kept in the most important museums in the world, with full respect for the original craftsmanship, with a social and cultural purpose that includes patronage for the reconstruction or restoration of masterpieces of universal art
OFFICIAL GUARANTEE
Made with the authorisation and with the scientific support of the Museum or Library, owners of the masterpiece
IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINAL IN REAL SIZE
The sculpture, inside the Museum, is scanned by the CNR, the Italian National Research Council, in 3D with the highest precision (0,007mm)
ORIGINAL TECHNIQUE
Thanks to the contribution of the Museum’s expert restorers, it is possible to meticulously reconstruct the particular technique used in order to replicate it in the workshop of the most prestigious Master Craftsmen and Restorers
The very high resolution scan has also managed to reproduce the Michelangiolesque “unfinished”, visible in the upper part of the eye
Social Purpose
Our patronage work includes providing funds for the reconstruction and restoration of masterpieces of universal art.
Creating an archive for the digital preservation of the Museum’s masterpieces.
To promote knowledge of the world’s artistic heritage.
Creating a new renaissance of art artisans, favouring the creative union of traditional craftsmanship and revolutionary
avant-garde technology.
To give blind and visually impaired people the opportunity to get to know the masterpieces of world art by touching them with their hands
Michelangelo, the Genius of the Renaissance
A legendary work surrounded by an aura of mystery
Implementation process
On 16 August 1501 the consuls of the art of wool and the workers of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence commissioned Michelangelo Buonarroti – Michelangelo – to create a statue of King David.
It was an unprecedented undertaking in Renaissance art and had already been attempted twice before.
The enormous block of white marble intended for the work had not been provided, first by Agostino di Duccio (1463-1464) and then by Bernardo Rossellino in 1476, who rejected the project because of the suboptimal characteristics of the piece: it was a problem of fragility due to the poor quality of the marble and the shape of the block, considered too high and narrow, insufficient for the full anatomical development of the figure
Three years of work to create a legendary work that contains the premises that make it a myth: the enormous technical difficulty, the undeniable beauty of the result and the numerous events that have marked its history and execution, surrounded by an aura of mystery
Michelangelo’s David: history
On 29 August 1846, the Galleria della Accademia in Florence produced a copy of the David using the technique of plaster tracing. It is the oldest and most faithful copy of Michelangelo’s original David, a primary copy, prior to successive restorations which modified some of the elements made and chosen by the artist
The copy of the colossal head of David is kept in the Michelangelo Museum.
The CNR, the National Research Council, an Italian public organisation for the support of scientific and technological research based in Rome, has carried out a very high resolution scan on which a 3D model has been made.
A lost wax has been made of the model with the noble and precious cast bronze applying a platinum or white patina.
In the very high resolution scan it is possible to see the wedge marks of the original mould, a detail not visible to the naked eye, which proves that the colossal head of the David is indeed the original mould of Michelangelo’s David.
The very high resolution scan has also managed to reproduce the Michelangeloesque “unfinished”, visible in the upper part of the eye
Gift
The first 19 subscribers will receive two emblematic works by another genius of universal art:
Leonardo da Vinci
1) The Vitruvian Man.
34’4 x 24’5 cm.
Galleria dell’Accademia, Venice
2) Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci.
33’5 x 21’6 cm.
Royal Museum, Turin
