Andrea del Verrocchio
15th century Italian sculptor, goldsmith and painter (c.1435-1488)
- Fame59.8
- Momentum22.3
- Artists rank#215
- Fame59.8
- Momentum22.3
- Artists rank#215
- Wikipedia13.5K
He ran the Florentine workshop that trained Leonardo da Vinci — and when the student painted an angel in The Baptism of Christ, the lesson ran both ways.
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Born Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni around 1435, he took the name Verrocchio from his first master, a goldsmith, and built a workshop in Florence that became a proving ground for the next generation. Leonardo da Vinci passed through and helped paint The Baptism of Christ; so did Pietro Perugino and Lorenzo di Credi. Few paintings carry his name with certainty — his reputation rests on sculpture. The Equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni in Venice, his best-known work, was still unfinished when he died in 1488, but it stands as the anchor of his legacy: a master who shaped others m…
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