During the Winter of 2012-2013, the National Gallery of Art hosted an exhibit of Michelangelo's David/Apollo sculpture. It is displayed at the Bargello in Florence, a museum we did not visit on our trip to Italy the previous summer. On our recent trip to Italy, we saw many of Michelangelo's achievements in sculpture, architecture, and painting. The Pieta, David, The Holy Family, the Sistine Chapel Ceiling, The Last Judgement, and St. Peter's Dome, each one magnificent, numbered among them. Then, in early December it was announced that Michelangelo's unfinished David-Apollo sculpture would go on display for a limited time at the National Gallery of Art. Here was an opportunity to inspect another of Michelangelo's works! Susan and I went on President's Day in February. David-Apollo is an unfinished sculpture by Michelangelo. Its subject, whether Apollo of
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