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Lady holding a bunch of flowers to her breast
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Lady holding a bunch of flowers to her breast

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)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1965

Classification

Sculpture

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

Italian, Florence

Rights

Public Domain

About Andrea del Verrocchio

1435–1488Republic of Florence

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.