
Photo credit: Lorenzo Galassi / AP via MSNBC.com
FLORENCE, Italy – Visitors to the Bargello museum in Florence will be able to see restorers at work removing centuries of dirt from Donatello’s “David” starting Tuesday, officials said.
The 15th-century bronze nude is being restored for the first time, said museum director Beatrice Paolozzi Strozzi. New techniques including lasers will allow restorers to remove encrusted dirt and grime from the 5.18-feet masterpiece while keeping it in its place in the museum.
Pardon my immaturity…but is she looking at what I *think* she’s looking at?









OMGROFL! Of all the freakin’ pictures to take!
She has to use a microscope to see it. Poor guy! How humiliating!
I wonder if Ol’ Dave drives a Ferrari?