Caption:
Madonna and Child. Artist: Workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio (Italian, Florence 1435-1488 Venice). Dimensions: 26 x 19 in. (66 x 48.3 cm). Date: ca. 1470.
Verrocchio, a great sculptor, painter, and draftsman ran the most prestigious workshop of the last third of the fifteenth century in Florence. (Botticelli and the young Leonardo were among those associated with the shop.) This picture is of fine quality and is based on a design by Verrocchio. It dates about 1470. Although the left side of the Madonna's face is badly damaged, passages such as the Child's head convey the original quality of the painting.