Andrea del Verrocchio

Andrea di Michele di Cione known as Verrocchio (Florence 1435 - 1488) is a Sculpteur, painter, Orfèvre and Architecte Italy N which worked at the court of Laurent de Médicis, said the Magnifique .

It paints several important works such as the Baptism of the Christ who is carried out in ten years with the assistance of her apprentice, Léonard de Vinci. It is said that was its last work because, when it is completed, conspicuous that its pupil exceeded it in painting, it decides to devote itself only to the sculpture. By respect for his Master, Léonard will not finish any of his sculptures. Verrochio has its very particular style, but it draws many ideas in the sculptures of Donatello. It carries out much of it, in particular celebrates it David - exposed to the museum of Bargello in Florence -, which would be a representation of the young person Léonard de Vinci, and the equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni with Venice. Professor with the most famous workshop of Florence it has as also raises Botticelli.

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works of Verrocchio to the Offices of Florence
Giorgio Vasari quotes it and describes its biography in Quickly the

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