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Sandro Botticelli
Madonna and Child, c. 1470

tempera on panel
overall: 74.5 x 54.5 cm (29 5/16 x 21 7/16 in.)
framed: 113.7 x 94.9 x 8.6 cm (44 3/4 x 37 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Andrew W. Mellon Collection

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Andrea del Verrocchio
David with the Head of Goliath, c. 1465

bronze with traces of gilding
overall: 120 cm (47 1/4 in.)
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

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Andrea del Verrocchio
Candelabrum, 1468–1469

bronze, original olive green to brown patina, under layers of wax and dirt
overall: 156 x 46 cm (61 7/16 x 18 1/8 in.)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Andrea del Verrocchio
Putto with a Dolphin, c. 1465/1480

bronze
overall: 73.03 cm (28 3/4 in.)
base: 125 cm (49 3/16 in.)
Museo di Palazzo Vecchio, Florence

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Attributed to Andrea del Verrocchio
Small Vase with Cover, c. 1480/1485

agate with silver gilded mountings
height: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)
diameter: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)
diameter: 5 cm (1 15/16 in.)
Gallerie degli Uffizi, Tesoro dei Granduchi, Florence

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Andrea del Verrocchio
Lady with Flowers, c. 1475/1480

marble
overall: 60 x 48 x 25 cm (23 5/8 x 18 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

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Andrea del Verrocchio and assistant
Alexander the Great, c. 1480/1485

Carrara marble
overall: 55.9 x 36.7 x 11 cm (22 x 14 7/16 x 4 3/8 in.)
framed: 88.9 x 71.8 x 8.6 cm (35 x 28 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Therese K. Straus

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Andrea del Verrocchio
Madonna and Child, c. 1465/1470

plaster with traces of polychromy
overall: 84.4 x 60.5 x 10 cm (33 1/4 x 23 13/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
framed: 87.9 x 63.7 x 14 cm (34 5/8 x 25 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
depth: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, R.T. Miller Jr. Fund, 1944
Bridgeman Images

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Andrea del Verrocchio
Madonna and Child, c. 1475

terracotta relief with traces of polychromy and gilding
overall: 86 x 66 cm (33 7/8 x 26 in.)
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

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Andrea del Verrocchio
Sketch Model for the Monument of Cardinal Niccolò Forteguerri, 1476

terracotta
overall: 39.4 x 26.7 cm (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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Andrea del Verrocchio and assistant
Angel (from Pair of Angels), c. 1480

terracotta
overall: 37 x 34 x 4.5 cm (14 9/16 x 13 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Musée du Louvre, Départment des Sculptures, Paris
(C) RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY

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Andrea del Verrocchio and assistant
Angel (from Pair of Angels), c. 1480

terracotta
overall: 36.5 x 32.8 x 5.5 cm (14 3/8 x 12 15/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Musée du Louvre, Départment des Sculptures, Paris
(C) RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY

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Andrea del Verrocchio
Giuliano de' Medici, c. 1475/1478

terracotta with traces of polychromy
overall: 61 x 66 x 28.3 cm (24 x 26 x 11 1/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Andrew W. Mellon Collection

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Andrea del Verrocchio
Sleeping Youth, c. 1470/1480

terracotta with traces of polychromy
overall: 36 x 67 x 25 cm (14 3/16 x 26 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst
bpk Bildagentur / Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Staatliche Museen / Antje Voigt / Art Resource, NY

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Andrea del Verrocchio
Putto Poised on a Globe, c. 1480

terra cruda (unbaked clay) over iron armature on gilded wood base
overall: 75 x 38.3 x 23 cm (29 1/2 x 15 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Andrew W. Mellon Collection

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Andrea del Verrocchio and assistant
Bust of Christ, c. 1470/1483

polychrome terracotta
overall: 68 x 71.2 x 40.6 cm (26 3/4 x 28 1/16 x 16 in.)
Private collection
Photo: Yale University Art Gallery

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Francesco di Simone Ferrucci
The Adoration of the Shepherds, c. 1475/1485

terracotta relief with traces of polychromy
overall: 81 x 65 x 13.3 cm (31 7/8 x 25 9/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
framed: 132.7 x 102.9 x 11.1 cm (52 1/4 x 40 1/2 x 4 3/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection

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Florentine, probably after a model by Andrea del Verrocchio and Orsino Benintendi
Lorenzo de' Medici, possibly 1513/1520

polychrome terracotta
overall: 65.8 x 59.1 x 32.7 cm (25 7/8 x 23 1/4 x 12 7/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection

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Andrea del Verrocchio
Saint Jerome, c. 1465

tempera on paper glued to panel
overall: 40.5 x 26 cm (15 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
framed: 60.5 x 47 x 7 cm (23 13/16 x 18 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)
Gallerie degli Uffizi, Palazzo Piti, Florence

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Andrea del Verrocchio
Madonna and Child, c. 1465/1470

tempera, oil, and gold on panel
overall: 75.8 x 54.6 cm (29 13/16 x 21 1/2 in.)
framed: 105 x 82 cm (41 5/16 x 32 5/16 in.)
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
bpk Bildagentur / Staatliche Museen, Berlin / Jörg P. Anders./ Art Resource, NY

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Andrea del Verrocchio and assistants (Leonardo da Vinci and Pietro Perugino)
Madonna and Child with Two Angels, c. 1470/1474

tempera on panel
overall: 97 x 71 cm (38 3/16 x 27 15/16 in.)
framed: 127 x 102 x 9 cm (50 x 40 3/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
The National Gallery, London, Bought, 1857
© The National Gallery, London

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Attributed to Andrea del Verrocchio or Pietro Perugino
Madonna and Child, c. 1470/1472

tempera and gold on poplar wood
overall: 75.6 x 47.9 cm (29 3/4 x 18 7/8 in.)
framed: 88.8 x 61 cm (34 15/16 x 24 in.)
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, photo: Christoph Schmidt

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Andrea del Verrocchio, Leonardo da Vinci, and assistants
Tobias and the Angel, c. 1470

tempera on panel
overall: 84.4 x 66.2 cm (33 1/4 x 26 1/16 in.)
framed: 110 x 98 x 15.5 cm (43 5/16 x 38 9/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
The National Gallery, London, Bought, 1857
© The National Gallery, London

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Andrea del Verrocchio and Domenico Ghirlandaio
The Virgin Adoring the Christ Child ("The Ruskin Madonna"), c. 1475/1480

tempera and oil on panel transferred to canvas
overall: 106.7 x 76.3 cm (42 x 30 1/16 in.)
framed: 141.5 x 110.5 x 10.5 cm (55 11/16 x 43 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.)
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Purchased with the aid of the Art Fund and the Pilgrim Trust 1975

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Domenico Ghirlandaio
Madonna and Child, c. 1475

tempera on panel transferred to hardboard
painted surface: 70.8 x 48.9 cm (27 7/8 x 19 1/4 in.)
overall size: 73 x 50.2 cm (28 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.)
framed: 115.6 x 89.2 x 7.6 cm (45 1/2 x 35 1/8 x 3 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection

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Piermatteo d' Amelia (in Verrocchio's workshop?)
Madonna and Child, c. 1475/1480

tempera on panel (transferred to silk and modern wood board)
overall size: 84.7 x 64.6 cm (33 3/8 x 25 7/16 in.)
framed: 103.6 x 80.8 x 7.6 cm (40 13/16 x 31 13/16 x 3 in.)
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
© Städel Museum - U. Edelmann - ARTOTHEK

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Lorenzo di Credi
Madonna and Child with a Pomegranate, c. 1475/1480

oil on panel
overall: 16.5 x 13.4 cm (6 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.)
framed: 44.1 x 24.5 x 3.8 cm (17 3/8 x 9 5/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection

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Leonardo da Vinci
Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], c. 1474/1478

oil on panel
overall (original panel only): 38.1 x 37 cm (15 x 14 9/16 in.)
overall (thickness of original panel): 1.1 cm (7/16 in.)
overall (with addition at bottom edge): 42.7 x 37 cm (16 13/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
overall (thickness of addition at bottom edge): 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
framed: 59.7 x 57.8 x 3.8 cm (23 1/2 x 22 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

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Andrea del Verrocchio
Cartoon for the Head of an Angel, c. 1470

black chalk, rubbed, with pen and brown ink, pricked and pounced, brush and brown ink on prepared paper, laid down
overall: 21.1 x 18.1 cm (8 5/16 x 7 1/8 in.)
framed: 52.5 x 39.5 x 3 cm (20 11/16 x 15 9/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Gallerie degli Uffizi, Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, Florence

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Attributed to Andrea del Verrocchio
Child in Bust Length, Three-Quarter View, c. 1470/1475

metalpoint, brown wash, lead white gouache on beige prepared paper, laid down and framed in pen and brown ink on a sixteenth-century mount
unframed: 22.9 x 15.6 cm (9 x 6 1/8 in.)
framed: 44.7 x 60 x 2.5 cm (17 5/8 x 23 5/8 x 1 in.)
The Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge
© Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge / Art Resource, NY

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Andrea del Verrocchio
Head of a Woman with Braided Hair (recto); Head of a Woman Leaning on Her Right Hand (verso), 1475/1478

recto: black chalk or charcoal, lead white gouache, pen and brown ink, reworked with oil charcoal on cream prepared paper

verso: charcoal on white paper
overall: 32.4 x 27.3 cm (12 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.)
mount: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)
framed: 60.3 x 44.7 x 3.7 cm (23 3/4 x 17 5/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
On loan from the Trustees of the British Museum, London
(C) The Trustees of the British Museum. All rights reserved.

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Andrea del Verrocchio or possibly Leonard da Vinci
Madonna with Child on her lap, 1475–1478

black chalk on cream prepared paper
unframed: 22.2 x 15.1 cm (8 3/4 x 5 15/16 in.)
framed: 52.5 x 39.5 x 3 cm (20 11/16 x 15 9/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Gallerie degli Uffizi, Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, Florence

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Lorenzo di Credi
A Drapery Study with the Christ Child Standing on the Madonna’s Left Knee, c. 1475/1480

metalpoint, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white gouache on pale cream/ pink prepared paper
framed: 45.4 x 38.74 cm (17 7/8 x 15 1/4 in.)
unframed: 26.6 x 19.8 cm (10 1/2 x 7 13/16 in.)
Private collection

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Andrea del Verrocchio
Project for a Funerary Monument (Doge Andrea Vendramin Tomb), 1472/1488

leadpoint, partly reworked with pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, and some ruling in leadpoint, glued to secondary paper support
overall: 27.2 x 17.4 cm (10 11/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
framed: 57.1 x 41.9 x 3 cm (22 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.)
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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Andrea del Verrocchio
A Grotesque Dancer, c. 1475/1480

metalpoint partially reworked with brown wash and darker metalpoint on cream prepared paper, laid down
overall: 21.7 x 18.4 cm (8 9/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
framed: 52.5 x 39.5 x 3 cm (20 11/16 x 15 9/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Gallerie degli Uffizi, Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, Florence

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Andrea del Verrocchio
Three Nude Old Men Drinking, c. 1470/1480

metalpoint, partially reworked with a darker metalpoint on cream prepared paper, laid down
overall: 24 x 18.4 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
framed: 52.5 x 39.5 x 3 cm (20 11/16 x 15 9/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Gallerie degli Uffizi, Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, Florence

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Andrea del Verrocchio
Measured Drawing of a Horse Facing Left, c. 1481/1483

traces of black chalk, pen and dark brown ink, on white paper
overall: 24.9 x 29.7 cm (9 13/16 x 11 11/16 in.)
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1917

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Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence
September 15, 2019 – January 12, 2020

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