Few statues are as enduring and iconic as Michelangelo's David (which found itself in the ... Cannata snuck a small hammer into the statue’s home at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence.

And in 1810 the statue was covered with a protective wax and in 1843 an attempt to remove the wax with hydrochloric acid also stripped away some of the original surface. David was moved to his current ...

Carrasquilla believes the board targeted her after three parents complained about a lesson including a photo of the David, a 5-meter tall (17 foot) nude marble sculpture dating from 1504.

At the dawn of the 20th century, John Ringling bought a cast-bronze replica of Michelangelo’s original statue of David from the Chiurrazi Foundry in Italy. He later installed it in the courtyard ...