Madonna with Sts John the Baptist and Donatus (1475-83), Cathedral of Pistoia.

The Baptism of Christ, 1474-1475, Verrocchio and Leonardo.

Christ and St. Thomas, Orsanmichelle, Florence.

Madonna with Child, c. 1470, Verrocchio's workshop. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Andrea del Verrocchio, born Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni, (c. 1435 -1488) was an influential Italian sculptor, goldsmith and painter who worked at the court of Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence. His pupils included Leonardo da Vinci, Perugino, Ghirlandaio and Sandro Botticelli, but he also influenced Michelangelo. He worked in the serenely classic style of the Florentine Early Renaissance. Download high resolution version (935x924, 189 KB)Madonna with Sts John the Baptist and Donatus by Andrea del Verrocchio (1475-83) Wood, 189 x 191 cm Duomo, Pistoia Source: http://gallery. ... Download high resolution version (935x924, 189 KB)Madonna with Sts John the Baptist and Donatus by Andrea del Verrocchio (1475-83) Wood, 189 x 191 cm Duomo, Pistoia Source: http://gallery. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2024x2413, 503 KB) Description: Title: de: Taufe Christi Technique: de: Holz Dimensions: de: 177 × 151 cm Country of origin: de: Italien Current location (city): de: Florenz Current location (gallery): de: Galleria degli Uffizi Other notes: de: In Zusammenrabeit mit Raffael entstanden... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2024x2413, 503 KB) Description: Title: de: Taufe Christi Technique: de: Holz Dimensions: de: 177 × 151 cm Country of origin: de: Italien Current location (city): de: Florenz Current location (gallery): de: Galleria degli Uffizi Other notes: de: In Zusammenrabeit mit Raffael entstanden... The Mona Lisa Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, and writer. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 640 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (683 × 640 pixel, file size: 194 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 640 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (683 × 640 pixel, file size: 194 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 432 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2024 × 2810 pixel, file size: 480 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Leonardo da Vinci... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 432 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2024 × 2810 pixel, file size: 480 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Leonardo da Vinci... // January 8 - The present Royal Netherlands Navy was formed By decree of Maximillian of Austria. ... A sculpture is a three-dimensional object, which for the purposes of this article is man-made and selected for special recognition as art. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... A portrait of Lorenzo de Medici by Girolamo Macchietti. ... Florence (Italian: ) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy. ... The Mona Lisa Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, and writer. ... Self-portrait, 1497–1500. ... An Old Man with a Strawberry Nose (1480). ... Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli (little barrel) (March 1, 1445 – May 17, 1510) was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance (Quattrocento). ... Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer. ...

Early life and training

Verrocchio was born in Florence in 1435 to Michele di Francesco Cioni, who worked as a tile and brick maker and, later, as a tax collector. Michele never married, and had to provide financial support for some members of his family. Michele's fame rose upon his joining the Medici court, in which he remained until his workshop moved to Venice. Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia, Latin: Venetia) is a city in northern Italy, the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,251 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ...

Andrea started to work as a goldsmith in the workshop of Giulio Verrocchi, from whom it seems that he took his surname. The possibility that he apprenticed with Donatello remains unconfirmed. His first efforts in painting date probably from the 1460s, when he worked in Prato alongisde Filippo Lippi. Statue of Habacuc (popularly known as Zuccone) for the Giottos Bell Tower. ... For building painting, see painter and decorator. ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s 1450s - 1460s - 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s Years: 1460 1461 1462 1463 1464 1465 1466 1467 1468 1469 Events and Trends Sonni Ali, first Songhai king, conquers many of his African neighbors. ... Prato is a city in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. ... Madonna and Child 1440-45, tempera on panel National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Fra Filippo Lippi (1406 October 8? – 1469), also called Lippo Lippi, is a well-known Florentine painter of the Italian 15th century school. ...

Independent work

The only signed painting by Verrocchio is the Madonna with Child and Saints, in the Cathedral of Pistoia.

Around 1465 he worked at the lavabo of the Old Sacristy in San Lorenzo, Florence. Between 1465 and 1467 he executed the funerary monument to Cosimo de' Medici for the crypt under the altar of the same church, and in 1472 he completed the monument to Piero and Giovanni de' Medici in the Old Sacristy. Exterior from the Piazza San Lorenzo. ... Events July 13 - Battle of Montlhéry Troops of King Louis XI of France fight inconclusively against an army of the great nobles organized as the League of the Public Weal. ... Events October 29 - Battle of Brusthem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege Beginning of the Sengoku Period in Japan. ... Jacopo Pontormo: Cosimo de Medici, 1518-1519 Cosimo di Giovanni de Medici (September 27, 1389 – August 1, 1464), was the first of the Medici political dynasty, rulers of Florence during most of the Italian Renaissance; also known as Cosimo the Elder (il Vecchio) and Cosimo Pater Patriae. ... Crypt is also a commonly used name of water trumpets, aquatic plants. ... February 20 - Orkney and Shetland are returned by Norway to Scotland, due to a defaulted dowry payment Possible discovery of Bacalao (possibly Newfoundland, North America) by João Vaz Corte-Real. ...

In 1466 the Guild of Traders of Florence commissioned from Verrocchio a bronze group entitled Christ and St. Thomas for an external niche of the church of Orsanmichele. The work was placed there in 1483. He devised a composition of two figures, with Christ in the centre of the niche, and the Saint stretched out, in order to avoid a rigid frontal view and to aid the spectator in better identifying the two characters. Events Chimú Empire conquered by troops of the Inca End of term for Regent of Sweden Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna. ... Christ and St. ... The church of Orsanmichele (or Or San Michele), located on the Via Calzaiuoli in Florence, was originally built as a grain market in 1337. ... Events The São Tomé settlement is founded. ...

In 1468 Verrocchio made a famous candelabra, now in Amsterdam, for a corridor of Florence's Town Hall. In the early 1470s he made a voyage to Rome, while in 1474 he executed the Forteguerri monument for the Cathedral of Pistoia, which he left unfinished. August 26 - Baeda Maryam succeeds his father Zara Yaqob as Emperor of Ethiopia. ... Three-branched brass candelabrum without candles Candelabra is the term traditionally referring to a pair (or more) of large, decorative candlesticks often shaped as a column or pedestal and having several arms or branches for holding candles. ... It has been suggested that Mokum be merged into this article or section. ... Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area  - City 1,285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban 5... Events December 12 - Upon the death of Henry IV of Castile a civil war ensues between his designated successor Isabella I of Castile and her sister Juana who was supported by her husband, Alfonso V of Portugal. ... Pistoia (ancient Pistoria) is a city in the Tuscany region of Italy, the capital of a province of the same name, located about 30 km (18 mi) west and north of Florence. ...

From 1474-1475 is the Baptism of Christ, now housed in the Uffizi. In this work he was assisted by Leonardo Da Vinci, then a youth, who finished the background and painted the left angel, excelling in quality the rest of the painting. According to Vasari, Andrea resolved never to touch the brush again because Leonardo, his pupil, had far surpassed him. Events December 12 - Upon the death of Henry IV of Castile a civil war ensues between his designated successor Isabella I of Castile and her sister Juana who was supported by her husband, Alfonso V of Portugal. ... 5^{Superscript text}7<!-- Comment --><blockquote> Block quote </blockquote>{| class=class=wikitable |- ! header 1 ! header 2 ! header 3 |-{| class=wikitable |- ! header 1 ! header 2 ! header 3{| class=wikitable |- ! header 1 ! header 2 ! header 3 |- | row 1, cell 1 | row 1, cell 2 | row 1, cell 3 |- | row 2... The Baptism of Christ is a painting finished around 1475 by the Italian Renaissance painter Andrea del Verrocchio and his workshop. ... The narrow courtyard between the Uffizis two wings creates the effect of a short, idealized street. ... The Mona Lisa Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, and writer. ... Giorgio Vasaris selfportrait Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Giorgio Vasari Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, Tuscany July 3, 1511 - Florence, June 27, 1574) was an Italian painter and architect, mainly known for his famous biographies of Italian artists. ...

Maturity as a sculptor

After the mid-1470s Verrocchio was devoted mainly to sculpture, at first following the standard Florentine canons. These are well in evidence in the bronze statue of David, commissioned by Lorenzo and Giuliano de' Medici c. 1476 (now at the Bargello). Verrocchio's David is underage, modestly clad in contrast to Donatello's provocative David, and haughty in his conquest. The Gothic-like, idealistic beauty of the features is closer in spirit to Ghiberti than to the innovative Donatello. Events and Trends battle of Avenches 1476 Prominent Persons Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer and mathematician A map of Europe in the 1470s. ... A sculpture is a three-dimensional object, which for the purposes of this article is man-made and selected for special recognition as art. ... Andrea del Verrochios bronze statue of David was most likely made between 1473 and 1475. ... the Bargello For the type of embroidery, please visit Bargello (needlework) The Bargello palace was built in 1255 to house first the Capitano del Populo and later, in 1261, the Podestà, the highest magistrate of the Florence City Council, Italy. ... Statue of Habacuc (popularly known as Zuccone) for the Giottos Bell Tower. ... Donatellos bronze statue of David (circa 1440s) is notable as the first unsupported standing work in bronze cast since classical times. ... Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378 - December 1, 1455) was an important Renaissance artist, specializing in sculpture and metalworking. ...

Around 1478 he finished a Winged Cherubim with Dolphin, today housed in Palazzo Vecchio and originally intended for a fountain in the Medici villa of Careggi: this work is influenced by the dynamic naturalism which Verrocchio learned from Desiderio da Settignano. Of the same period are the Dama col mazzolino and the relief for the funerary monument of Francesca Tornabuoni for Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome (now in the Bargello). Palazzo Vecchio The Palazzo Vecchio is the town hall of Florence, Italy. ... Villa Medici in Careggi. ... Desiderio da Settignano (c. ... Facade of Santa Maria sopra Minerva. ...

Bartolomeo Colleoni

In 1478 Verrocchio began what was to become his most famous work, an equestrian statue of the condottiero Colleoni, who had died three years before. The work was commissioned by the Republic of Venice. It was the first attempt to produce such a group with one of the horse's legs not touching the base. The statue is also notable for the carefully-observed expression of stern command upon Colleoni's face. Condottieri (singular condottiero) were mercenary leaders employed by Italian city-states from the late Middle Ages until the mid-sixteenth century. ... Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400-1475), Italian condottiere (soldier of fortune), was born at Bergamo. ... Borders of the Republic of Venice in 1796 Capital Venice Language(s) Venetian, Latin Religion Roman Catholic Government Republic Doge  - 1789–97 Ludovico Manin History  - Established 697  - Treaty of Zara June 27, 1358  - Treaty of Leoben April 17, 1797 * Traditionally, the establishment of the Republic is dated to 697. ...

Verrocchio sent to his commissioners a wax model in 1480, and in 1488 he finally moved to Venice to assist at the casting of the group. However, he died in the same year, before the work was finished. candle wax This page is about the substance. ... Events March 6 - Treaty of Toledo - Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain recognize African conquests of Afonso of Portugal and he cedes the Canary Islands to Spain Great standing on the Ugra river - Muscovy becomes independent from the Golden Horde. ...

Major works

• The Baptism of Christ (1472-1475) - Oil on wood, 177 x 151 cm, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
• Madonna with the Saints John the Baptist and Donatus (1475-1483) - Wood, 189 x 191 cm, Duomo, Pistoia
• Saint Monica - Panel, Santo Spirito, Florence
• Tobias and the Angel (1470-1480) - Egg tempera on poplar, National Gallery, London
• Christ and St. Thomas (1467-1483) - Bronze, Orsanmichele, Florence

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External links

• Andrea del Verrocchio in the "History of Art"
• Andrea Verrocchio biography
• List of sites displaying Verrocchio's work
• Andrea del Verrocchio biography