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Verrocchio was born in Florence in around 1435
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he was a sculptor, goldsmith and painter who worked at the court of Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence during the early periods of the renaissance.
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now at the Uffizi of Florence,it was finished at 1475 with the help of Leonardo da Vinci and a member of his workshop
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His last work as a sculptor located in Venice, is universally accepted as a masterpiece
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Verrocchio died in 1488 and since then has been recognized as one of the finest Italian sculptors and painters