Atelier De Verrocchio Florence
Atelier de verrocchio florenceAndrea del verrocchio c.
Atelier de verrocchio florence. He apparently became known as verrocchio after the surname of his master a goldsmith. 1434 1437 1488 won acclaim as a sculptor and painter in florence during the later fifteenth century an age of extraordinary artistic flowering and enlightened patronage. His pupils included leonardo da vinci pietro perugino and lorenzo di credi. A favored artist of the ruling medici family he created enduring monuments in stone bronze clay and precious metals for the honor and magnificence of the city.
As part of the celebrations for the 500 th anniversary of leonardo da vinci s death the first comprehensive retrospective devoted to his teacher andrea del verrocchio 1435 1488 is now open at palazzo strozzi in florence with a section at the bargello museum and will travel in part to washington s national gallery in the fall of 2019. The exhibition examines the wealth and breadth of verrocchio s extraordinary artistry by bringing together some 50 of. Verrocchio opened his workshop on via de macci in the late 1460s. The bronze statue was first installed in 1476 in the palazzo vecchio and then placed in florence s national museum of the bargello.
Few paintings are attributed to him with certainty but a number of important painters were trained at his workshop. The statue was ordered by piero de medici and later sold to the signora which was the ruling authority in florence italy. Sculptor and painter of renaissance florence at the national gallery of art is the first comprehensive u s. 1435 1488 the innovative artist painter sculptor and teacher whose pupils included leonardo da vinci pietro perugino and likely sandro botticelli as well.
His greatest importance was as a sculptor and. Rivaled only by the equally famous workshop of the pollaiolo brothers verrocchio s practice far surpassed it for paintings and also influenced several artists in central italy. This is one of the many aspects that will be highlighted by the exhibition. The statue was meant to be a symbol of florence as a rising power.