needs to be attended to... why are there two statues of David? i doing a research paper on donatello and i notice that there are two statues of David, a bronze one and marble one. Michelangelo made the marble one but why did he do another if Donatello had already made one? so im a little confused , why is there two statues of David? different generations , the donatello is of a boy david as a young sheep Herder, the Michelangelo is the grown up man david as slayer and king Because he liked making statues of David! :D Obviously, he should have been arrested and jailed - imagine making a statue or painting on the same subject as another artist - clearly insulting and disrespecting -