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Andrea del Verrocchio was born in 1435 in Florence, Italy. He was the teacher of another skilled master of the 15th century, Leonardo da Vinci. https://www.britannica.com/video/81356/Leonardo-apprenticeship-Verrocchio
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A great painter and sculptor of the renaissance.
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He was the son of Michele di Francesco Cioni, a maker of bricks and tiles who later became a tax collector. Financial security always seemed to be a family problem so Verrocchio had to support several of his brothers and sisters. Him not marrying anyone made things more difficult.
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Verrocchio’s first studies in painting date possibly from the mid-1460s. He is said to have been a pupil of the Florentine artist Alesso Baldovinetti. But it is assumed that he and Sandro Botticelli worked together under the early Renaissance master Fra Filippo Lippi in Prato, a city near Florence.
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This is maybe the most popular work by Andrea del Verrocchio. The charming Verrocchio’s little angel is described by the classical Greek poet Callistratus.
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This painting illuminates the biblical story of the blind old man Tobias accompanied by his dog and by the archangel Raphael.
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Another remarkable painting by Verrocchio, Leonardo and workshop which represents John the Baptist striding forward as he anoints Christ with waters from the river Jordan.
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A commemorative statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni a professional soldier, who had been employed by the Venetian republic.
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Andrea del Verrocchio died in 1488, in Venice. He was among the greatest sculptors of the Renaissance and set an example for other sculptors to follow wich brought many new artists into the world. information from: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrea-del-Verrocchio
