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Florentine painter, sculptor and architect, c.1435 - 1488

"In my book I have some of his drawings, made with the greatest patience and judgement, among which are several female heads with lovely expressions and hair which Leonardo da Vinci was always imitating for their beauty. " I-235

Study of a female head
"For the fountain of Lorenzo de' Medici's villa at Careggi Andrea made the bronze figure of a boy hugging a fish which, as we can see today, the Lord Duke Cosimo has had erected on a fountain in the courtyard of his palace and which is a truly marvellous piece of work. " I-235

Putto with a dolphin
"[He painted] several pictures, including a panel picture for the nuns of San Domenico of Florence, with which he was more than pleased. " I-236


Tobias and the Angel
"So shortly afterwards he did another panel picture, this time in San Salvi for the monks of Vallombrosa, showing the Baptism of Christ by St John. In this work he was assisted by the young Leonardo da Vinci, who was then his pupil. The angel which Leonardo painted was so superior to the rest of the work that Andrea resolved he would never take up a brush again. " I-236
The Baptism of Christ
"The Venetians resolved to do honour to the prowess of Bartolommeo da Bergamo, who had won many victories for them, in order to encourage others to emulate him; and having heard of Andrea's fame they persuaded him to visit Venice, where he was given instructions to make a bronze equestrian statue of that captain for the piazza di SS Giovanni e Paolo." I-237
Colleoni monument
"As well as all the work I have mentioned, he did some wooden crucifixes and various other things in terracotta in which he certainly excelled.. " I-240


Resurrection of Christ, polychrome terracotta
Bust of Giuliano de' Medici, terracotta
Bust of Lorenzo de' Medici, terracotta
Virgin and Child, terracotta

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