The Judith was removed and set upon the ground within the palace.

The said giant was the work of Michael Angelo Buonarroti."(81) The great marble David stood in the Piazza three hundred and sixty-nine years; it was removed to the hall of the Accademia delle Belle Arti in 1873 for its better preservation.

It has suffered very little from its exposure in the fine air of Florence, but the left arm was broken by a huge stone thrown during the tumults of 1527.

Giorgio Vasari and his friend Cecchino Salviati collected the broken pieces and brought them to the house of Michael Angelo Salviati, father of Cecchino.

They were carefully put together and restored to the statue in 1543.