Trivia: The marble slab that Michelangelo eventually crafted into the sculpture of David in 1504 was cut 43 years earlier for a different artist. Who was it and what was his intent with the slab?
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Question: The marble slab that Michelangelo eventually crafted into the sculpture of David in 1504 was cut 43 years earlier for a different artist. Who was it and what was his intent with the slab?
Answer: Artist Agostino di Duccio planned to sculpt the marble slab into a statue of Hercules for installation in a Florentine cathedral.
