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CAST AFTER A MODEL BY ANDREA VERROCCHIO (ITALIAN 1435-1488), LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Equestrian Statue of the Condottiere Bartolommeo Colleoni

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CAST AFTER A MODEL BY ANDREA VERROCCHIO (ITALIAN 1435-1488), LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Equestrian Statue of the Condottiere Bartolommeo Colleoni
Dark brown patinated bronze
65 cm. high

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Lot Essay

Bartolommeo Colleoni of Bergamo left funds in his will for an equestrian monument for himself. The original in the Campo SS. Giovanni e Paola, Venice, was modelled by Verrocchio in 1483 and finally cast after the artist's death by Alessandro Leopardie in 1496.

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