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  1. Andrea del Verrocchio (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa del verˈrɔkkjo]; c. 1435 – 1488), born Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni, was an Italian painter, sculptor, and goldsmith who was a master of an important workshop in Florence. He became known by his nickname Verrocchio, from vero occhio, which in Italian means "true eye", a ...

  2. Andrea del Verrocchio ( / vəˈroʊkioʊ / və-ROH-kee-oh, [1] [2] US also /- ˈrɔːk -/ -⁠RAW-, [3] Italian: [anˈdrɛːa del verˈrɔkkjo]; born Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni; c. 1435 – 1488) was an Italian sculptor, painter and goldsmith who was a master of an important workshop in Florence . He apparently became known as ...

  3. Sep 15, 2019 · The Silver Altar. Andrea del Verrocchio, Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, 1477–1480, silver and gilt-silver, Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence. Verrocchio contributed this relief panel to a silver altar honoring John the Baptist, patron saint of Florence, in the city’s baptistery. The fine design represents the sculptor’s only ...

  4. about 1435 - 1488. Image: Andrea del Verrocchio. Verrocchio was one of the leading artists of late 15th-century Florence. He is mainly celebrated as a sculptor, though a number of important painters trained in his studio, including Leonardo da Vinci. Some of Leonardo's artistic concerns, such as the twisting pose known as figura serpentinata ...

  5. 1488, Venice (aged 53) Movement / Style: Renaissance art. Renaissance. Andrea del Verrocchio (born 1435, Florence [Italy]—died 1488, Venice) was a 15th-century Florentine sculptor and painter and the teacher of Leonardo da Vinci. His equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni, erected in Venice in 1496, is particularly important.

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  6. Feb 23, 2020 · Among his most famous works are The Baptism of Christ and David, which are considered masterpieces of the Early Italian Renaissance. 10. Verrocchio Was Born at a Critical Hunction in the History of Art. Verrocchio, Larmessin, 1695, via Wikipedia. Born in Florence in roughly 1435, Andrea del Verrocchio was in prime position to witness the ...

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  8. Andrea del Verrocchio is best known to most as the master of Leonardo da Vinci, but he was also one of the greatest sculptors of Renaissance Florence. In 1479, the Venetian Republic commissioned Verrocchio to paint a monument to Bartolomeo Colleoni, a condottiere from Bergamo who had served for some ...

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