Verrocchio

American  

[vuh-roh-kee-oh, ver-rawk-kyaw] / vəˈroʊ kiˌoʊ, vɛrˈrɔk kyɔ /

noun

1. Andrea del 1435–88, Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and painter.

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Verrocchio British  

/ verˈrɔkkjo, vəˈrəʊkɪˌəʊ /

noun

1. Andrea del (anˈdrɛːa del). 1435–88, Italian sculptor, painter, and goldsmith of the Florentine school: noted esp for the equestrian statue of Bartolommeo Colleoni in Venice

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Example Sentences

Directly in front of him in this new arrangement, you finally come to that nude bronze “David Victorious,” up on a pillar now, flanked by two other Davids by Verrocchio and Desiderio da Settignano.

From New York Times

But it is a witty riposte to a whole history of equating horsemanship with virile power, from Verrocchio’s statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni in Venice to those notorious images of a shirtless Vladimir Putin on horseback.

From Washington Post

Carrie Verrocchio has a theory: Once you go bidet, you never go back.

From Seattle Times

“It’s feeling clean all the time,” says Verrocchio, a motivational speaker who lives in Binghamton, New York.

From Seattle Times

“You just want people to be happy and be together, and it feels like there is constant friction. No matter what we do, there’s constant friction these days,” said Verrocchio, who took the vaccination after contracting the virus.

From Seattle Times