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[[Andrea del Verrocchio]] was a sculptor, goldsmith and painter who ran a large and successful workshop in Florence in the second half of the 15th century.<ref name=IR>Ilan Rachum, ''The Renaissance: an Illustrated Encyclopedia'', 1979, ISBN 07064 08578</ref> Among his apprentices and close associates were the painters [[Botticelli]], [[Botticini]], [[Lorenzo di Credi]] and [[Leonardo da Vinci]]. Verrocchio was not himself a prolific painter and very few pictures are attributed to his hand, his fame lying chiefly in his sculptured works. Verrocchio's paintings, as are typical of Florentine works of that date, are in [[tempera]] on wooden panel. The technique of painting artworks in [[oil painting|oil paint]], previously used in Italy only for durable items like parade shields, was introduced to Florence by [[Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting|Dutch and Flemish painters]] and their imported works at around the date that this painting was created.
[[Andrea del Verrocchio]] was a sculptor, goldsmith and painter who ran a large and successful workshop in Florence in the second half of the 15th century.<ref name=IR>Ilan Rachum, ''The Renaissance: an Illustrated Encyclopedia'', 1979, ISBN 07064 08578</ref> Among his apprentices and close associates were the painters [[Botticelli]], [[Botticini]], [[Lorenzo di Credi]] and [[Leonardo da Vinci]]. Verrocchio was not himself a prolific painter and very few pictures are attributed to his hand, his fame lying chiefly in his sculptured works. Verrocchio's paintings, as are typical of Florentine works of that date, are in [[tempera]] on wooden panel. The technique of painting artworks in [[oil painting|oil paint]], previously used in Italy only for durable items like parade shields, was introduced to Florence by [[Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting|Dutch and Flemish painters]] and their imported works at around the date that this painting was created.


The painting ''The Baptism of Christ'' was, according to Antonio Billi (1515), commissioned by the Church of S. Salvi, and was later transferred to the Vallumbrosan Sisterhood in Santa Verdiana.<ref name=Chiesa>Angela Ottino della Chiesa, ''The Complete Paintings of Leonardo da Vinci'', Penguin, (1967) ISBN 9780140 086492</ref> In 1810 it entered the collection of the [[Accademia]] and passed to the Uffizi in 1959.<ref name=Chiesa/> In the 16th century the work was discussed in [[Giorgio Vasari]]'s ''[[Lives of the Painters]]'' in the biographies of both Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci.
The painting ''The Baptism of Christ'' was, according to Antonio Billi (1915), commissioned by the Church of S. Salvi, and was later transferred to the Vallumbrosan Sisterhood in Santa Verdiana.<ref name=Chiesa>Angela Ottino della Chiesa, ''The Complete Paintings of Leonardo da Vinci'', Penguin, (1967) ISBN 9780140 086492</ref> In 1810 it entered the collection of the [[Accademia]] and passed to the Uffizi in 1959.<ref name=Chiesa/> In the 16th century the work was discussed in [[Giorgio Vasari]]'s ''[[Lives of the Painters]]'' in the biographies of both Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci.


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Revision as of 18:41, 11 May 2012

The Baptism of Christ
ArtistAndrea del Verrocchio
Year1472-1475
TypeOil on wood
LocationUffizi, Florence

The Baptism of Christ is a painting finished around 1475 in the studio of the Italian Renaissance painter Andrea del Verrocchio and generally ascribed to him and his pupil Leonardo da Vinci. Some art historians discern the hands of other members of Verrocchio's workshop in the painting as well. The picture depicts the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist as recorded in the Biblical Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. The angel to the left is recorded as having been painted by the youthful Leonardo, a fact which has excited so much special comment and mythology, that the importance and value of the picture as a whole and within the œuvre of Verrocchio is often overlooked. It is housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

Background and provenance

Andrea del Verrocchio was a sculptor, goldsmith and painter who ran a large and successful workshop in Florence in the second half of the 15th century.[1] Among his apprentices and close associates were the painters Botticelli, Botticini, Lorenzo di Credi and Leonardo da Vinci. Verrocchio was not himself a prolific painter and very few pictures are attributed to his hand, his fame lying chiefly in his sculptured works. Verrocchio's paintings, as are typical of Florentine works of that date, are in tempera on wooden panel. The technique of painting artworks in oil paint, previously used in Italy only for durable items like parade shields, was introduced to Florence by Dutch and Flemish painters and their imported works at around the date that this painting was created.

The painting The Baptism of Christ was, according to Antonio Billi (1915), commissioned by the Church of S. Salvi, and was later transferred to the Vallumbrosan Sisterhood in Santa Verdiana.[2] In 1810 it entered the collection of the Accademia and passed to the Uffizi in 1959.[2] In the 16th century the work was discussed in Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Painters in the biographies of both Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci.

References

  1. ^ Ilan Rachum, The Renaissance: an Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1979, ISBN 07064 08578
  2. ^ a b Angela Ottino della Chiesa, The Complete Paintings of Leonardo da Vinci, Penguin, (1967) ISBN 9780140 086492
  • Brown, David Alan (1998). Leonardo da Vinci: Origins of a Genius. New Haven: Yale University Press.


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