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Verrocchio

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Ver·roc·chio  (v-rk-, vr-rkky), Andrea del Originally Andrea di Michele di Francesco Cione. 1435-1488.
Florentine sculptor and painter who was a tutor of Leonardo da Vinci and is best known for a magnificent equestrian statue in Verona.
Verrocchio [vəˈrəʊkɪˌəʊ (Italian) verˈrɔkkjo]
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(Biographies / Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) M, Italian, ARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter, ARTS AND CRAFTS: goldsmith) 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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Trained as a painter in Florence by Verrocchio, Leonardo worked for the duke of Milan as a military engineer, and only secondarily as architect, sculptor, and painter (7).
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