[1] The statue represents the youthful David, future king of the Israelites, triumphantly posed over the head of the slain Goliath.

[2] The ornament on David's leather tunic includes pseudo-Kufic letters imitating Arabic script.

Another school of art historians have suggested that Verrocchio intended for Goliath's head to be placed to David's right, pointing to the diagonals of the ensemble.

This placement was temporarily arranged at the National Gallery of Art, as well as Atlanta's High Museum, among others.

[2] The Victoria & Albert Museum in London also owns a plaster cast of Verrocchio's David.