Attributed to Giovacchino Fortini (1671-1736) Italian, Florence, first half 18th century

The right hand is replaced with visible adhesive in the sleeve. There is old damage to the back of the crown. There is a firing crack under the right arm. There are numerous small chips and abrasions consistent with age and material. Otherwise the condition is good.
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Fortini was was a Florentine sculptor who was a student of Marcellini and Piamontini.  His work, however, was most profoundly influenced by Foggini and Soldani.  He executed two marble angels for the Feroni family chapel in SS. Annunziata as well as the decoration for the high altar.  He portrayed a series of illustrious citizens of Florence, but was best known for his marble tomb of Philipp Degenhard von Hochkirchen, Cologne Cathedral and his work as a medallist.  Fortini assumed Foggini's position as architect to the Medici court after his death.  Fortini was also a master of the Accademia del Disegno. Fortini's style is marked by precise detailing and subtle textural treatment.  His best modelling work is at a small scale such as that of the present terracotta.

The present David will be included in Sandro Bellesi's forthcoming monograph on Fortini. 

RELATED LITERATURE
R. Verres: 'Zu Giovacchino Fortini', Pantheon, xviii (1936), pp. 358–9; K. Lankheit: Florentinische Barockplastik: Die Kunst am Hofe der letzten Medici, 1670–1743 (Munich, 1962), pp. 88, 172, 175–8, 192–3, 226–7