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Andrea del Verrocchio

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Andrea del Verrocchio. See Verrocchio.

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	The Sculptures of Andrea del Verrocchio.(Review) Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 6/22/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...needed authoritative reevaluation of Verrocchio's sculptures. It is composed of seven chapters on Verrocchio's major commissions, a brief appendix...catalogue raisonne of the sculptures by Verrocchio and his workshop, followed by a section...
	A Bronze Star Is Reborn; With 'David,' Verrocchio Carved A New Niche for Sculpture. Now Restorers Have Filled It Nicely. Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/29/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...A National Gallery exhibition called "Verrocchio's 'David' Restored" stands witness...that set it in context) makes clear that Verrocchio deserves our close attention. Andrea del Verrocchio was born into the modest household of...
	Verrocchio's David returns to United States after 6-decade absence.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service) Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 2/18/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...sculpture of David by Italian Renaissance artist Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-1488) underwent a major restoration...created were by Renaissance masters Donatello, Verrocchio and Michelangelo. Verrocchio was a successful Renaissance artist, who...
	Verrocchio's David returns to United States after 6-decade absence. Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune; 2/18/2004; 700+ words ; ...sculpture of David by Italian Renaissance artist Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-1488) underwent a major restoration...created were by Renaissance masters Donatello, Verrocchio and Michelangelo. Verrocchio was a successful Renaissance artist, who...
	Apprentice to Verrocchio.(artistic training of Leonardo da Vinci) Magazine article from: Calliope; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...SUCCESSFUL PAINTER AND SCULPTOR, ANDREA DEL Verrocchio ran a bottega (workshop) that...da Vinci started working in Verrocchio's shop no later than 1469...Leonardo worked as an apprentice in Verrocchio's bottega until 1472. He...
	Verrocchio's David Restored to Splendor News Wire article from: AP Online; 1/16/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...fair-haired boy sculpted by Andrea del Verrocchio and possibly modeled by the...Leonardo, an apprentice to Verrocchio known for his handsome features...be smirking, and the skill Verrocchio used in creating that ambiguity...
	Is this the earliest work by Leonardo? An American scholar has claimed that some details in Verrocchio's 'Tobias and the Angel' are by Leonardo da Vinci. Vanessa Thorpe reports Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/16/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...start his apprenticeship at Andrea del Verrocchio's renowned studio, an unstoppable...how much Leonardo got up to in Verrocchio's studio. How, they have...genius, details from various Verrocchio paintings have been isolated...
	Glitter renewed, Verrocchio's boy-warrior stands triumphant News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 1/16/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...fair-haired boy sculpted by Andrea del Verrocchio and possibly portrayed by the...Leonardo, an apprentice to Verrocchio known for his handsome features...be smirking, and the skill Verrocchio used in creating that ambiguity...
	One Painting's Brush With Greatness: Is It by Leonardo? A National Gallery Curator Sees the Hand of da Vinci In a London Museum's Canvas Long Attributed to Verrocchio Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/14/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...painting attributed to painter and sculptor Andrea del Verrocchio, was actually painted by Verrocchio's gifted student Leonardo da Vinci, then...collaborator to Florence's leading sculptor, Verrocchio. It was to gain insight into that embryonic...
	Antonello the Italian: James Beck argues that Antonello da Messina should not be allocated to any one school of artists if his genius, so evident in an exhibition in Rome, is to be appreciated.(Antonello da Messing, Scuderie del Quirinale)(Book review) Magazine article from: Apollo; 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Antonello da Messing, Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome (+39...within an Umbrian orbit, Andrea Mantegna in a Paduan/Mantuan one. Castagno and Verrocchio are set apart as Florentine...exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale is an heroic effort...

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