Measured Drawing of a Horse Facing Left (recto)
Andrea del Verrocchio
ca. 1480–88
Medium
Pen and dark brown ink, over traces of black chalk
Dimensions
Overall: 9 13/16 x 11 11/16 in. (24.9 x 29.7 cm) maximum
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1917
Accession Number
19.76.5
Tags
Horses
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.