Verrocchio's Triumph
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Dr. Meghan Callahan
Born in 1435, Andrea del Verrocchio was one of the most important artists of the early Renaissance in Florence. Trained by a goldsmith and patronized by the Medici, Andrea sculpted and painted some of the most important public and private works in Florence before moving to Venice, where he had been commissioned to erect an equestrian monument to Bartolomeo Colleoni. This talk will focus on how inspired by ancient Rome and Donatello, Verrocchio demonstrated the power and energy of the mounted mercenary to create one of the triumphs of Renaissance bronze casting.
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