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INSPIRATION: Sketching Verrocchio at the National Gallery

9/29/2019

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Earlier in September, Lauren and I had the great opportunity to visit the "Andrea del Verrocchio: Sculptor-Painter of Renaissance Florence" exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. While there, I studied the amazing paintings, sculptures and drawings of the Italian master.
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Studies of a terracotta "Sleeping youth" and the painting of "Saint Jerome" by Verrocchio
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Study of Verrocchio's drawing "Seated study of Madonna and Child"
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Study of the drapery in Verrocchio's painting of the Madonna & Child
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Study of a small bronze sculpture of a nude male, title "Il Pugilatore" or the boxer
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Sketching the arm of Verrocchio's iconic bronze of David
​(said to be modeled after his young pupil Leonardo da Vinci).
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