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Kneeling Angel

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Kneeling Angel

Artist: Attributed to Andrea Verrocchio and Workshop (Italian, ca. 1435-1488)
Date: about 1480
Dimensions:
H: 32 in. (81.3 cm); L: 24 in. (61 cm)
Medium: Terracotta
Place of Origin: Italy (Florence)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1955.80B
Label Text:These two kneeling angels, made of baked clay (terracotta), were once brightly painted. They probably flanked another sculpture (perhaps a Madonna and Child) in the center, and would have been placed on or behind a church altar.

Andrea del Verrocchio is perhaps best known as the teacher of Leonardo da Vinci, who entered the master’s workshop as a teenager in the 1460s. While Verrocchio has long been eclipsed by his most famous pupil, he did have a very successful career as both a painter and a sculptor and operated a large, productive workshop in Florence in the late 15th century. These angels were probably completed in the studio of Verrocchio soon after his death in 1488.
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