Lorenzo di Credi (c. 1459 – January 12, 1537) was an Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor. He first influenced Leonardo da Vinci and then was greatly influenced by him.
Born in Florence, he started to work in Andrea del Verrocchio's workshop. After the death of his master, he inherited the direction of the workshop. For the workshop, he executed the Madonna di Piazza for Pistoia Cathedral, and probably also collaborated on some sculptures.
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Lorenzo di Credi (c. 1459 – January 12, 1537) was an Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor. He first influenced Leonardo da Vinci and then was greatly influenced by him.
Born in Florence, he started to work in Andrea del Verrocchio's workshop. After the death of his master, he inherited the direction of the workshop. For the workshop, he executed the Madonna di Piazza for Pistoia Cathedral, and probably also collaborated on some sculptures.
Amongst his other early works are an Annunciation in the Uffizi, a Madonna with Child in the Galleria Sabauda of Turin, and Adoration of the Child in the Querini Stampalia of Venice. Of a later period are a Madonna and Saints (Musée du Louvre) (1493) and an Adoration of the Child in the Uffizi. In Fiesole, he remade parts of Fra Angelico panels on the altars of the church of San Domenico.
Lorenzo's mature works (such as in the Crucifixion in the Gottingen Museum, Annunciation of Cambridge and the Madonna and Saints of Pistoia) are influenced by...
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