Michelangelo`s David, arguably the world ... The world`s most famous statue has been damaged.” The 13-foot high statue was carved from a single block of marble between the years 1501 and 1504.

It’s only a little bit ironic that a statue of David, the biblical hero famous ... when he started sculpting it, was given a block that others had worked on,” he said.

It’s only a little bit ironic that a statue of David, the biblical hero famous ... when he started sculpting it, was given a block that others had worked on,” he said.

But for David, arguably his most famous sculpture? Michelangelo used a hand-me-down block of marble with imperfections that two artists had already tried using and given up on, and which had ...