VERROCCHIO, Andrea del
(b. 1435, Firenze, d. 1488, Venezia)

Equestrian Statue of Colleoni (detail)

1481-95
Gilded bronze
Campo di Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice

Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400-1475) was an Italian condottiero, who became captain-general of the Republic of Venice. He recaptured many towns and districts for Venice from the Milanese, and won battles at Brescia, Verona, and on the Lake of Garda.