File:Verrocchio, Andrea del - Candlestick.jpg

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Andrea del Verrocchio: Candlestick  wikidata:Q125388096 reasonator:Q125388096
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Andrea del Verrocchio  (1435–1488)  wikidata:Q183458 q:it:Andrea del Verrocchio
 
Andrea del Verrocchio
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Birth name: born Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni
Description Italian painter, goldsmith, sculptor, carver, architect and musician
Date of birth/death circa / 1435 Edit this at Wikidata 7 October 1488 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Florence Venice
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Florence; Orvieto; Pistoia; Venice Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q183458
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Title
Candlestick
label QS:Len,"Candlestick"
label QS:Lde,"Kerzenleuchter"
label QS:Lnl,"Kandelaar"
Object type candlestick / bronze sculpture Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: An Italian inscription on this candlestick’s base states: ‘May and June 1468’. Carlo di Niccola di Messer Vieri de’ Medici was then gonfaloniere, the highest office in Florence. He commissioned the candlestick from the renowned sculptor Verrocchio to commemorate the peace of 1468, marking the end of the war against Venice. The candlestick stood in the town hall of Florence.
Date from 1468 until 1469
date QS:P,+1468-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1468-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1469-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium bronze and iron
Dimensions height:151.5 cm, diameter 46.5 cm weight 50.2 kg
institution QS:P195,Q190804
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  • MAGGIO E GIVGNO MCCCCLXVIII Edit this at Wikidata
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