409:
258:
345:
394:
360:
93:
379:
20:
333:
for Venice. Verrocchio's will recommended
Lorenzo to the Venetian authorities to finish the job; at that point the statue seems only to have existed in clay, and casting had not begun. Lorenzo transferred his rights, such as they were, to another artist, apparently a "bronze technician". It was
60:
He trained with
Verrocchio, and became his principal assistant, inheriting the workshop after his master's death in 1488, when Lorenzo was still in his twenties. He largely continued his master's style, working until at least the 1520s, by which time he was becoming rather old-fashioned. He does
325:
Lorenzo is usually described as a sculptor and, given his father's profession and the important part sculpture played in
Verrocchio's workshop, he no doubt received training in it. But he seems to have worked largely or entirely in paint, though drawings are also attributed to him. The workshop
81:, where he is first recorded, on low wages, in 1480/81. He eventually became Verrocchio's primary assistant, running the shop during the master's absence in 1482-1483, and inherited his workshop on Verrocchio's death in 1488. On Verrocchio's behalf he completed the famous
408:
314:, the Master of the Johnson Ascension of the Magdalene (named after a painting now in Philadelphia) and the anonymous artist known as "Tommaso" (also called Tommaso di Credi, the Master of the Czartoryski Tondo or the Master of the Santo Spirito Conversazione).
344:
299:. Though Vasari praised Lorenzo's art for its high finish, he criticized him for being a perfectionist who was excessively diligent, ground his pigments too fine, and spent too much time distilling his oils.
581:
295:
393:
257:
658:, exhibition catalog fully online as PDF from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Library, which contains material on Lorenzo di Credi (see index)
359:
378:
45:
best known for his paintings of religious subjects, and portraits. With some excursions to nearby cities, his whole life was spent in
330:
726:
716:
272:, and apart from portraits, secular subjects such as mythological ones are absent from his known works, except for a nearly nude
696:
686:
77:
Lorenzo was born in
Florence in 1456 or 1459 to a goldsmith named Andrea d' Oderigo. He was apprenticed to the leading master
701:
653:
731:
172:
164:
721:
681:
454:
144:
69:
says that he avoided large paintings of all sorts, preferring to create smaller works with a meticulous finish.
234:. Lorenzo's portrait of her has been the subject of recent attention because of the sitter's resemblance to the
691:
466:
329:
At the time of
Verrocchio's death in 1488, his workshop was in the middle of the very large commission for the
553:
His mother made two contradictory statements as to his age on tax declarations in 1470 and 1481; Davies 302
132:
711:
38:
471:
Grossman, Sheldon. “Two New
Paintings by Lorenzo di Credi: A Contribution to the Painter’s Late Style,”
706:
245:
192:
369:
303:
604:
306:, who assisted Lorenzo in many of his late works. Others include Tommaso di Stefano Lunetti and
671:
160:
78:
50:
676:
513:
430:
307:
281:
250:
187:(now in that town's Museo Civico) and many small religious panels, including an unfinished
8:
335:
311:
200:
486:
180:
244:. Another portrait by Lorenzo, perhaps of his brother's widow is the panel now at the
148:
92:
89:, commissioned from Verrocchio in 1475 but executed by Lorenzo between 1485 and 1491.
462:
241:
86:
54:
618:
426:
415:
124:
116:
478:
Kent, Francis W. “Lorenzo di Credi, His Patron Iacopo
Bongianni and Savonarola,”
23:
290:
19:
665:
421:
280:. In 1504 he was appointed to the committee set up to decide where to place
277:
231:
30:, 1488. Oil on panel, 18 x 12 in. Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art.
168:
269:
236:
42:
46:
219:
215:
227:
184:
176:
351:
Madonna adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the
Baptist
262:
Madonna adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the
Baptist
206:
Lorenzo was also a painter of portraits. His most famous is the
248:. The composition of this work is often compared to Leonardo's
136:
108:
66:
62:
223:
120:
473:
49:. He is most famous for having worked in the studio of
482:, vol. 125, no. 966 (September 1983): pp. 538–541.
57:, who seems to have influenced his style considerably.
179:. Later works include an altarpiece (1510–12) for the
461:, National Gallery Catalogues, 1961, reprinted 1986,
334:
eventually finished by the Venetian bronze sculptor
155:(1487) for Santa Chiara (now at the Uffizi) and the
475:, 14, Bd., H. 2 (December 1969): pp. 161–182.
65:himself, although his workshop may have done so.
605:"Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Online"
302:Lorenzo had many pupils. His most important were
254:at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
141:Madonna and Child with Saints Julian and Nicholas
663:
103:Lorenzo's earliest independent works include an
293:devoted a biography to Lorenzo di Credi in his
264:, c. 1485. Venice, Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia
582:"Lorenzo di Credi - Portrait of a Young Woman"
99:ca 1490. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
37:(1456/59 – January 12, 1537) was an
495:, Penguin (Pelican History of Art), 1966
331:Equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni
256:
143:(1493) for the Mascalonzi chapel at the
91:
18:
326:probably continued to offer sculpture.
310:. Collaborators and followers included
664:
433:walk through the garden at top right.
268:Several of his patrons had links to
655:Leonardo da Vinci, Master Draftsman
353:, circa 1485. Karlsruhe, Kunsthalle
13:
451:Milan: Edizioni di CommunitĂ , 1966
402:, circa 1490. Ajaccio, Musée Fesch
317:Lorenzo died in Florence in 1537.
218:. Caterina Sforza was the Lady of
14:
743:
647:
407:
392:
377:
358:
343:
312:Giovanni di Benedetto Cianfanini
634:
625:
619:"Biography of Tommaso di Credi"
611:
597:
400:Stigmatization of Saint Francis
387:, circa 1490. Forlì, Pinacoteca
727:16th-century Italian sculptors
717:15th-century Italian sculptors
588:
574:
565:
556:
547:
538:
529:
520:
514:"Portrait of Lorenzo di Credi"
506:
201:Harvard University Art Museums
167:). In 1501 he remade parts of
53:at the same time as the young
16:Italian painter (1456/59–1537)
1:
697:16th-century Italian painters
687:15th-century Italian painters
499:
493:Sculpture in Italy, 1400-1500
139:. From his maturity date the
702:Italian Renaissance painters
320:
133:Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia
28:Portrait of Lorenzo di Credi
7:
459:The Earlier Italian Schools
385:Portrait of Caterina Sforza
208:Portrait of Caterina Sforza
39:Italian Renaissance painter
10:
748:
441:
246:Metropolitan Museum of Art
153:Adoration of the Shepherds
125:National Gallery in London
97:Portrait of a Young Woman,
370:National Museum of Serbia
304:Giovanni Antonio Sogliani
61:not seem to have painted
230:and later a prisoner of
732:Italian Roman Catholics
480:The Burlington Magazine
447:Dalli Regoli, Gigetta.
214:, at the Pinacoteca in
171:'s high altarpiece for
72:
722:Italian male sculptors
682:Painters from Florence
491:Seymour, Charles Jr.,
338:several years later.
265:
129:Adoration of the Child
100:
31:
692:Italian male painters
260:
212:La dama dei gelsomini
165:Fiesole, San Domenico
161:Chiostro dello Scalzo
95:
79:Andrea del Verrocchio
51:Andrea del Verrocchio
22:
431:Tobias and the Angel
308:Antonio del Ceraiolo
296:Lives of the Artists
193:Göttingen University
111:, two panels of the
336:Alessandro Leopardi
712:Italian goldsmiths
266:
199:dated 1508 at the
181:Ospedale del Ceppo
145:Cestello, Florence
101:
32:
707:Catholic painters
449:Lorenzo di Credi.
251:Ginevra de' Benci
242:Leonardo da Vinci
157:Baptism of Christ
123:, another at the
113:Madonna and Child
87:Pistoia Cathedral
83:Madonna di Piazza
55:Leonardo da Vinci
739:
641:
638:
632:
629:
623:
622:
615:
609:
608:
601:
595:
592:
586:
585:
578:
572:
569:
563:
562:NGA; Davies, 303
560:
554:
551:
545:
542:
536:
533:
527:
524:
518:
517:
510:
427:National Gallery
425:), before 1500,
416:Virgin and Child
411:
396:
381:
362:
347:
117:Galleria Sabauda
35:Lorenzo di Credi
747:
746:
742:
741:
740:
738:
737:
736:
662:
661:
650:
645:
644:
639:
635:
631:Davies, 303-303
630:
626:
617:
616:
612:
603:
602:
598:
593:
589:
580:
579:
575:
570:
566:
561:
557:
552:
548:
543:
539:
534:
530:
525:
521:
512:
511:
507:
502:
444:
438:
434:
412:
403:
397:
388:
382:
373:
363:
354:
348:
323:
282:Michelangelo's
75:
17:
12:
11:
5:
745:
735:
734:
729:
724:
719:
714:
709:
704:
699:
694:
689:
684:
679:
674:
660:
659:
649:
648:External links
646:
643:
642:
633:
624:
610:
596:
587:
573:
564:
555:
546:
537:
528:
519:
504:
503:
501:
498:
497:
496:
489:
483:
476:
469:
455:Davies, Martin
452:
443:
440:
436:
435:
413:
406:
404:
398:
391:
389:
383:
376:
374:
364:
357:
355:
349:
342:
322:
319:
291:Giorgio Vasari
74:
71:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
744:
733:
730:
728:
725:
723:
720:
718:
715:
713:
710:
708:
705:
703:
700:
698:
695:
693:
690:
688:
685:
683:
680:
678:
675:
673:
670:
669:
667:
657:
656:
652:
651:
637:
628:
620:
614:
606:
600:
591:
583:
577:
568:
559:
550:
541:
532:
523:
515:
509:
505:
494:
490:
488:
487:NGA biography
484:
481:
477:
474:
470:
468:
464:
460:
456:
453:
450:
446:
445:
439:
432:
428:
424:
423:
422:Virgo Lactans
418:
417:
410:
405:
401:
395:
390:
386:
380:
375:
371:
367:
361:
356:
352:
346:
341:
340:
339:
337:
332:
327:
318:
315:
313:
309:
305:
300:
298:
297:
292:
288:
286:
285:
279:
278:Medici family
275:
271:
263:
259:
255:
253:
252:
247:
243:
239:
238:
233:
232:Cesare Borgia
229:
225:
221:
217:
213:
209:
204:
202:
198:
194:
190:
186:
182:
178:
174:
170:
166:
162:
158:
154:
150:
149:Paris, Louvre
146:
142:
138:
134:
130:
126:
122:
118:
114:
110:
106:
98:
94:
90:
88:
84:
80:
70:
68:
64:
58:
56:
52:
48:
44:
40:
36:
29:
25:
21:
672:1450s births
654:
640:Seymour, 176
636:
627:
613:
599:
590:
576:
567:
558:
549:
540:
531:
522:
508:
492:
479:
472:
458:
448:
437:
420:
414:
399:
384:
365:
350:
328:
324:
316:
301:
294:
289:
283:
273:
267:
261:
249:
235:
211:
207:
205:
197:Annunciation
196:
188:
173:San Domenico
169:Fra Angelico
156:
152:
140:
128:
112:
105:Annunciation
104:
102:
96:
82:
76:
59:
34:
33:
27:
677:1537 deaths
544:Davies, 303
526:Davies, 303
189:Crucifixion
666:Categories
500:References
467:0901791296
372:, Belgrade
368:, c 1487.
270:Savonarola
366:Adoration
321:Sculptor?
237:Mona Lisa
210:, called
276:for the
159:for the
47:Florence
43:sculptor
24:Perugino
485:"NGA":
442:Sources
228:Romagna
226:in the
195:and an
185:Pistoia
177:Fiesole
151:), the
131:at the
115:at the
107:in the
63:frescos
465:
137:Venice
109:Uffizi
67:Vasari
284:David
274:Venus
224:Imola
220:Forlì
216:ForlĂ
163:(now
121:Turin
463:ISBN
222:and
127:and
85:for
73:Life
41:and
594:NGA
571:NGA
535:NGA
240:by
191:at
135:in
119:in
668::
457:,
429:.
287:.
203:.
183:,
175:,
26:,
621:.
607:.
584:.
516:.
419:(
147:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
