portrait of andrea del verrocchio from vasari’s vite

Portrait of Andrea del Verrocchiofrom Vasari’s Vite

VERROCCHIO, Andrea delThe Baptism of Christ1472-75Oil on wood, 177 x 151 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

VERROCCHIO, Andrea delThe Baptism of Christ(left angel and possibly the landscape by Leonardo da Vinci)1472-75Oil on wood, 177 x 151 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

VERROCCHIO, Andrea delThe Baptism of Christ1472-75Oil on wood, 177 x 151 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

VerrocchioHead of an AngelFlorence, Uffizi

VerrocchioJohn the BaptistFlorence, Uffizi

Silver Altar,1366; side panels added 1478-80Originally Florence baptistry; now in Museo dell’Opera del Duomo

Antonio di Salvi - Dance of SalomeVerrocchio - Beheading of the Baptist

Bernardo Cenni - Annunciation, Antonio Pollaiuolo - Birth of John Baptist

Silver panels added to the altar 1478-80Originally Florence BaptisteryFlorence, Museo dell' Opera del Duomo

VERROCCHIOBeheading of St John the Baptist (detail of the altar)1477-80SilverBaptistry, Florence

Beheading of St. John the Baptist,Detail of executioner

Andrea del Verrocchio, La Piagnona Bell, bronze, Museo di San Marco, Florence

VERROCCHIO, Andrea delChrist and Doubting Thomasc1476-83Bronze, height: 230 cmOrsanmichele, Florence

(replaced Donatello’s Louis of Toulouse)

Donatello,Gilded Bronze St. Louis of Tolouse, c1418-22(now in Sta Croce)Marble Niche of Orsanmichele, c1422

Pre-restoration

Post-restoration

Detail, St. Thomas

Detail of Christ

September 1468 - Verrocchio is given the commission for the pallato sit atop the lantern of Florence CathedralThe palla was set in place in May 1471.

"Keep in mind how the ball of Santa Maria Fiore was soldered together in sections.""ricordati delle saldature co che si saldo la palla di sca maria del fiore."

"The triangular sections of the said ball were of copper shaped over a stone.""di rame inprotato i sasso chome li dessa palla."

Leonardo da Vinci, MS G. 84b (Institut de France)

Inventory of commissions for the Medici for which Verrocchio was not paid; of 27 January 1495/6 by his brother Tommaso (English translation by Seymour, 1966, p.172.; Italian from Seymour, 1971, p. 174.)

Dj Tommaso Verrochhij. + adj 27 dj gennaio 1495. Rede dj Lorenzo de medicj deon dare per questo lavoro fatto qui appie cioc.1.) A David with the head of Goliath.

Per uno davitte e la testa dj ghulia.................fj-2.) A red nude [flayed Marsyas].

Per lo gnudo rosso.................fj-3.) Small child of bronze with three heads of bronze and four lion's 'mouths' of marble.

Per banbino dj bronzo chon 3 teste dj bronzo e 4 bocche dj lione dj marmo.................fj-4.) A fountain-figure of marble (for Medici villa at ).

Per una fighura dj marmo che gietta acqua.................fj-5.) A storiated relief with several figures.

Per una storia dj rilievo chom piu fighure.................fj-6.) Adornment [painting] of all the heads above the doorways of the courtyard [of the Medici] in Florence.

Per achonciatura dj tutte le teste chotalie che sono sopra a gli uscj del chortile in Firenze.................fj-7.) [painting] portrait on panel of Lucrezia Donati.

Per uno quadro dj legname drentovj la fighura della testa della Luchrezia de Donatij.................fj-8.) [painting] standard for Lorenzo's Tournament.

Per lo stendardo per la giostra dj Lorenzo.................fj-9.) A figurine of a lady for [the crest of] a helmet [for Lorenzo de'Medici].

Per una dama dj rilievo ch'è posta in sul elmo.................fj-10.) [painting] of a standard with a putto [spiritello] for the tournament of Giuliano.

Per dipintura duno stendardo ch I0 spiritello per la giostra dj Giuliano.................fj-11.) [Marker] for the grave of Cosimo at the foot of the high altar of S. Lorenzo.

Per la sepoltura dj Chosimo appie del altare magiore in san Lorenzo.................fj-12.) The tomb of Piero and Giovanni de'Medici.

Per la sepoltura dj Piero e Giovannj de Medici.................fj-13.) Lettering cut into the [face of the] above tomb.

Per intagliatura dj 80 lettere intagliate in su el serpentino in due tondj in detta sepoltura.................fj-14.) Twenty masks after nature.

Per ventj maschere rittatte al naturale.................fj-15.) [Parade] armor [in part] for Duke Galeazzo [Visconti, of Milan].

Per lo adornamento e aparato del ducha Ghaleazo.................fj-

(document is a record of a nonextant original, and contains no monetary sums. Biblioteca degli Uffizi Miscellanee Manoscritte P.I., No. 3. Cruttwell, 1904, p. 243 (w/wrong archive reference, and ditto Passavant 1959); corrected Passavant 1969, p. 174.)

VERROCCHIO, Andrea delThe Young Davidc1473-75Bronze, height: 125 cmMuseo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

Detail, Young David Detail, St. Thomas

Detail, St. Thomas

Detail, Angel from Donatello’s Cavalcanti Altar / Tabernacle of the AnnunciationLimestone with residual gilt and polychromyc.1435Sta. Croce, Florence Cavalcanti Altar

Detail, Angel from Giovanni d’Ambrogio’s (?) Annunciation Group(originally for the Porta della Mandorla)

Detail, Young David

Detail, Donatello’s bronze Davidc.1430sBargello, Florence

Detail, Head of Goliath from the Young David

Detail, Head of Goliath from the Young David

Detail, Head of Goliathfrom Donatello’s Bronze David

Donatello,Niccolo da Uzzano,Pigmented terracotta,c.1430sBargello, Florence

VERROCCHIO, Andrea delLorenzo de Medici1480Painted terracottaNational Gallery of Art, Washington

VERROCCHIO, Andrea delTomb of Piero and Giovanni de' Medici1469-72Marble, porphyry, serpentine, bronze and pietra serenaSan Lorenzo (in wall between Old Sacristy and Chapel of the Medici, Florence

VERROCCHIO, Andrea delEquestrian Statue of Colleoni1480sGilded bronze, height: 395 cm (without base)Campo di Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice

Donatello,Equestrian Monument to Erasmo da Narni (“Gattamelata”)Bronze, 1447-53Piazza del Santo, Padua

Detail of Colleoni