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'''Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni''', later known as '''Andrea del Verrocchio''', was an [[Italy|Italian]] sculptor, goldsmith and painter, who worked at the court of [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] in [[Florence]]. One of his pupils was [[Leonardo da Vinci]].
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'''Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni''' (c. 1435 – 1488), later known as '''Andrea del Verrocchio''', was an [[Italy|Italian]] sculptor, goldsmith, and painter, who worked at the court of [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] in [[Florence]]. One of his pupils was [[Leonardo da Vinci]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Database: Bottega di Leonardo a Firenze]]</ref>


Verrocchio is mentioned in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', though he does not appear in person. [[Uberto Alberti]], accompanied by Lorenzo de' Medici, attended the exposition for Verrocchio's latest work in the Santa Croce cloister. However, this exposition was intruded upon by [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], who killed Uberto for [[Auditore execution|betraying]] his family.
In 1476, [[Uberto Alberti]] accompanied Lorenzo de' Medici in attending the unveiling of Verrocchio's latest work, ''{{Wiki|The Baptism of Christ (Verrocchio and Leonardo)|The Baptism of Christ}}'', in the [[Basilica of Santa Croce|Santa Croce]] cloister. However, this exposition was intruded upon by [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]], who killed Uberto<ref>''Assassin's Creed II'' – [[Judge, Jury, Executioner]]</ref> for betraying and executing his father [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]] and brothers [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]] and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petrucchio]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed II'' – [[Last Man Standing]]</ref>


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*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{1stm}} {{Mdat}}
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}


 
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Verrocchio was born in Florence in 1435 to Michele di Francesco Cioni, who worked as a tile and brick maker and, later, as a tax collector. Michele never married, and had to provide financial support for some members of his family. Michele's fame rose upon his joining the Medici court, in which he remained until his workshop moved to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice Venice].
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Many believe that Andrea started to work as a goldsmith in the workshop of Giulio Verrocchi, but this is impossible as Giuliano was born in 1447. It is more likely that he was trained by Giuliano's father Francesco di Luca Verrocchio, who was a rich and successful goldsmith and knew Andrea as a youth. The possibility that he apprenticed with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donatello Donatello] remains unconfirmed. His first efforts in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painting painting] date probably from the 1460s, when he worked in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prato Prato]alongside [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Lippi Filippo Lippi].
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The only signed painting by Verrocchio is the ''Madonna with Child and Saints'', in the Cathedral of Pistoia.
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Around 1465 he worked at the lavabo of the Old Sacristy in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_di_San_Lorenzo_di_Firenze San Lorenzo, Florence]. Between 1465 and 1467 he executed the funerary monument to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosimo_de%27_Medici Cosimo de' Medici] for the[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypt crypt] under the altar of the same church, and in 1472 he completed the monument to Piero and Giovanni de' Medici in the Old Sacristy.
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In 1466 the Guild of Traders of Florence commissioned from Verrocchio a bronze group entitled ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_and_St._Thomas_(Verrocchio) Christ and St. Thomas]'' for an external niche of the church of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orsanmichele Orsanmichele]. The work was placed there in 1483. He devised a composition of two figures, with Christ in the centre of the niche, and the Saint stretched out, in order to avoid a rigid frontal view and to aid the spectator in better identifying the two characters.
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In 1468 Verrocchio made a famous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candelabra candelabra], now in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam Amsterdam], for a corridor of Florence's Town Hall. In the early 1470s he made a voyage to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome Rome], while in 1474 he executed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Fortiguerra Forteguerri] monument for the Cathedral of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistoia Pistoia], which he left unfinished.
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The ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baptism_of_Christ_(Verrocchio) Baptism of Christ]'', now housed in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uffizi Uffizi], was painted in 1474-75. In this work Verrocchio was assisted by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci Leonardo da Vinci], then a youth and a member of his workshop, who finished the background and painted the left angel, excelling in quality the rest of the painting. According to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Vasari Vasari], Andrea resolved never to touch the brush again because Leonardo, his pupil, had far surpassed him. Later critics, however, consider this story apocryphal.
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Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni (c. 1435 – 1488), later known as Andrea del Verrocchio, was an Italian sculptor, goldsmith, and painter, who worked at the court of Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence. One of his pupils was Leonardo da Vinci.[1]

In 1476, Uberto Alberti accompanied Lorenzo de' Medici in attending the unveiling of Verrocchio's latest work, The Baptism of Christ, in the Santa Croce cloister. However, this exposition was intruded upon by Ezio Auditore, who killed Uberto[2] for betraying and executing his father Giovanni and brothers Federico and Petrucchio.[3]

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  1. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Database: Bottega di Leonardo a Firenze
  2. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Judge, Jury, Executioner
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Last Man Standing
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