Lady holding a bunch of flowers to her breast
Andrea del Verrocchio
probably late 19th century
Medium
Plaster and stucco, polychromed and gilt
Dimensions
Overall: 25 1/2 × 20 × 11 in. (64.8 × 50.8 × 27.9 cm)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
Italian, Florence
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1965
Accession Number
65.177
Tags
PortraitsWomenFlowers
About the Artist
Andrea del Verrocchio · 1435–1488
Verrocchio was active as a sculptor and painter in Florence in the second half of the 15th century. He had a workshop, in which Leonardo da Vinci trained, and a wide range of patrons, including the Medici family, the Venetian State and the city council of Pistoia.