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‘Andrea del Verocchio was more interested than these sculptors were in movement, which he expressed in a somewhat restrained manner. His group of “Christ and St. Thomas” for Or San Michele (c[irca]1467-83[ce]) solves the problem of a crowded niche by placing St. Thomas partly outside the niche* and causing him to turn** inward toward the figure of Christ.... The “Putto with Dolpin” (c[irca]1479[ce]; formerly in the Palazzio Vecchio, Florence, but now replaced by a copy) is at once an exquisite fountain decoration, an antique motif restated in Renaissance terms, and the clearest statement of Verocchio’s interest in suggested movement. The child in the piece is seen to be turning;*** the movement is reinforced by the fish,**** and the suggestion of motion culminates in the actual movement of the water# spouting from the dolphin’s#* mouth.’

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*(cf Sistine [Chapel] Ceiling)

**(cf below↓[***])

***R~C

****G~ (cf Sistine [Chapel Ceiling] Jonah)

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#*{cf Delphinus in the Sky, located inwards from Capricornus (& Aquarius)}

#** – ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 27:] 95-96

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