The awards allowed him to live, first in Italy, and then in France during the period 1908–1913 with his whole family. During the years 1908–1910 the family stayed in Rome at Lehmanns boarding-house, which was owned by Mrs. Lehmann in Via Frattina. During the summers David stayed in Volterra, southwest of Florence, in the Tuscany region of Italy, where there was a colony of artists.