FRANCAVILLA, Pietro
(b. 1548, Cambrai, d. 1615, Paris)

David Vanquishing Goliath

1608
Marble, height 179 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

The hero leans on Goliath's sword after killing the Philistine giant with his sling; on the ground is Goliath's decapitated head. The statue shows a marked decline in quality from his earlier works.