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Malatesta da Verruchio (also spelled Verrucchio, Verrocchio)
Florentine painter, sculptor and architect, c.1435 - 1488
Greatest works:
- "He was commissioned to make a bronze statue of David, five feet in height, which after it was finished was placed, much to his credit, at the head of the staircase in the Palazzo della Signoria, where the chain used to be. "