Andrea del Verrocchio
(1435, Firenze - 1488, Venezia)

Trained as a goldsmith, a sculptor, and a painter
Had a large academy in Florence that became the principal cente of the arts.
Pupils are Leonardo, Botticelli, Lorenzo di Credi and Perugino
Bronze equestrian statue of the Venetian confottiere Bartolomeo Colleoni at Campo dei Santi Gionvanni e Paolo in Venice
1470-72 David, Museo Nazionale, Florence
1470 Baprism of Chirst, Uffizi, Florence
1476 Boy with a Dolphin for a fontain in the courtyard of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
Madonna and Child, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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