This article examines a group of drawings of comic‐grotesque subjects (morris dancers, drinkers, and the Henpecked Husband) attributed to Verrocchio. Discussion of these unusual works has previously focused on their attribution, and their relationship to Leonardo's grotesques. The present study interrogates their function and meaning. It considers their derivation from northern European imagery, and how this might have interfaced with contemporary Florentine artistic interests, from ideas on variety and invention to the depiction of the figure in movement. It also explores the idea of the drawings as visual counterparts to ‘low style’ vernacular poetry from the circle of Lorenzo the Magnificent, offering a new reading of them in relation to the broader context of fifteenth‐century Florentine vernacular culture, both visual and literary.

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上流社会的低落生活：Verrocchio创作的一组漫画怪诞的图画*

本文研究了归因于Verrocchio的一组漫画怪异主题的图画（莫里斯舞者，饮酒者和Henpecked丈夫）。对这些不寻常作品的讨论以前集中在它们的归属及其与莱昂纳多怪诞人物的关系上。本研究质疑其功能和意义。它考虑了它们源自北欧的图像，以及它如何与当代佛罗伦萨的艺术兴趣相联系，从关于多样性和发明的思想到对运动人物的描绘。它还从宏伟的洛伦佐（Lorenzo the Magnificent）的圈子中探索绘画作为“低风格”白话诗歌的视觉对应物的想法，为它们与十五世纪佛罗伦萨白话文化的更广泛背景（包括视觉和文学）之间的关系提供了新的解读。 。