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Measured Drawing of a Horse Facing Left (recto)
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Measured Drawing of a Horse Facing Left (recto)

Medium

Pen and dark brown ink, over traces of black chalk

Tags

Dimensions

Overall: 9 13/16 x 11 11/16 in. (24.9 x 29.7 cm) maximum

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1917

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

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.