We also shall try to assess whether Andrea del Verrocchio, that is Andrea di Michele di Francesco di Cioni, could actually embody a role model to look up to. It was in 1473, that Andrea del Verrocchio began work on his bronze statue of David. Verrocchio, Andrea del (ändrĕ`ä dĕl vār-rôk`kyō), 1435–88, Florentine sculptor and painter, whose real name was Andrea di Michele di Francesco di Cioni.He was a leading figure in the early Renaissance, and his workshop was a center for the training of young artists in Florence. Verrocchio is born in Florence in 1435. The Friends of Florence Foundation has underwritten the restoration of the Putto with a Dolphin (1470‒c.1475) a statue by Andrea del Verrocchio, for the exhibition Verrocchio, Master of Leonardo on view March 9‒July 14, 2019 in Palazzo Strozzi. 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. Page of Equestrian Statue of Colleoni by VERROCCHIO, Andrea del in the Web Gallery of Art, a searchable image collection and database of European painting, sculpture and architecture (200-1900) ... were viewed by the government as a means of inspiring future condottieri to commit themselves to the Venetian cause. The Sculptures of Andrea del Verrocchio. According to his brother Tommaso, Verrocchio was responsible for an inlaid slab (1467) in the Florentine church of San Lorenzo recording the burial place of Cosimo de’ Medici, who died in 1464. This work mimics the asexual posturing of the Donatello bronze David in many ways. Nothing is known about his early training. Perhaps the answer we are all looking for lies in his technique and in his workshop’s microcosm. Andrea del Verrocchio was born in Florence, the son of a brick and tile maker. The presentation will also have a special section in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello. 1465). The sculptural works either recorded to be by Andrea del Verrocchio or actually extant are few in number. (Note: Many art historians estimate the work to have been completed in ca. Shortly before his death in 1475, Colleoni added a stipulation to his will that money owed him be set aside for the creation of a monument to perpetuate his memory. Andrea del Verrocchio >The Italian sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-1488) created >some of the most powerful monumental bronze sculptures of the Renaissance. File:Andrea del Verrocchio, Leonardo da Vinci - Baptism of Christ - Uffizi.jpg From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository Jump to navigation Jump to search