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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The bronze
sculpture Judith and Holofernes (1460), created by Donatello at the end
of his career, can be seen in the Hall of Lilies (Sala dei Gigli), in
the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy. A copy stands in one of the
sculpture's original positions on the Piazza della Signoria, in front of
the Palazzo Vecchio. It depicts the assassination of the Assyrian
general Holofernes by Judith and is remarkable for being one of the
first Renaissance sculptures to be conceived in the round, with its four
distinct faces. The statue was commissioned by Cosimo de' Medici as a
decoration for the fountain in the garden of the Palazzo
Medici-Riccardi. It stood in this palace together with Donatello's
David, standing in the courtyard, both depicting tyrant slayers. These
two statues are among the earliest freestanding Italian Renaissance
statues.
