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Dama col mazzolino

Sculpture by Andrea del Verrocchio From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dama col mazzolino
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Woman with Flowers (Italian: Dama col mazzolino or Italian: Gentildonna dalle belle mani) is a marble sculpture 60 centimetres (24 in) in height executed by Andrea del Verrocchio between 1475 and 1480.[1][2][3][4][5] It is in the Bargello Museum in Florence.[1][2][3][4][5]

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The sculpture stands out for being a bust of an almost half-length figure with fully realized arms and the hands on the chest. The hands are an additional and extraordinary feature, that confirm the elegant beauty of the portrayed.[6][7]

The identity of the woman could be Fioretta Gorini, mistress of Giuliano de' Medici,[8] Lucrezia Donati, platonic love of Lorenzo il Magnifico,[9] or Ginevra d'Amerigo Benci,[10] also portrayed in a painting by Leonardo da Vinci.[1][3][5]

The Dama col mazzolino influenced Leonardo's studies of hands.[11]

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