Verrocchio

[ vuh-roh-kee-oh; Italian ver-rawk-kyaw ]

/ vəˈroʊ kiˌoʊ; Italian vɛrˈrɔk kyɔ /

noun

An·dre·a del

[ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/,1435–88, Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and painter.

Example sentences from the Web for verrocchio

It was then that statues in bronze were sculptured by Verrocchio, Donatello, and others.

Chats on Old Copper and Brass |Fred. W. Burgess
From the very hour that he was apprenticed to his master, Verrocchio, he proved that he was the superior of his master in art.

Pictures Every Child Should Know |Dolores Bacon
Pupil of Baldovinetti; influenced slightly by Botticelli and more strongly by Verrocchio.

The Florentine Painters of the Renaissance |Bernhard Berenson
He was influenced by Signorelli, and slightly by Verrocchio.

Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume II (of 3) |James Dennistoun

Verrocchio, the son of a poor furnace-stoker, was seventeen years the senior of Leonardo.

The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci |Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky

British Dictionary definitions for verrocchio

Verrocchio

/ (vəˈrəʊkɪˌəʊ, Italian verˈrɔkkjo) /

noun

Andrea del (anˈdrɛːa del). 1435–88, Italian sculptor, painter, and goldsmith of the Florentine school: noted esp for the equestrian statue of Bartolommeo Colleoni in Venice

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