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Madonna, with Child, Crowned by Angels with Saints John the Baptist and Peter
As stated in the inscription, this glazed terracotta altarpiece was commissioned by Niccolò di Giovanni Posi in 1507. Andrea della Robbia and his workshop made many such altarpieces of the Madonna and Child with saints and ...
Crucifixion
This monumental altarpiece by Andrea della Robbia adorns the Chapel of the Stigmata at the Franciscan sanctuary of La Verna. The chapel was built to commemorate the site where Saint Francis received the Stigmata, physical ...
Madonna and Child
Gentilini and others attribute this rare full-length slazed terracotta statue of the Madonna and Child to the young Andrea della Robbia, possibly working from drawings by Luca della Robbia. This work was made in 1460, just ...
Crucifixion
This glazed terracotta altarpiece is currently housed in Santa Maria Primerana in Fiesole behind plexiglass, which makes the work difficult to see and photograph. The inscription (Jeremiah I: 12, calling the traveller to ...
Madonna Adoring the Child
Andrea della Robbia made several versions of this composition, probably using a mold. He then customized each, for example by changing the framing elements and adding a familial coat of arms. Here the arms are those of ...
Madonna and Child with Angels
This glazed terracotta lunette sits above the entrance to the Badia on the Via del Proconsulo in Florence. Here Andrea has adapted the half-length intimate reliefs of the Madonna and Child that he and his uncle made for ...
Christ in Prayer
This glazed terracotta bust of Christ (currently housed in the sacristy of Santa Croce in Florence) has been attributed to Andrea della Robbia. The bust is loosely modelledon what was a popular type of image in the late ...
Resurrection
This glazed terracotta lunette, now in the portico of the Accademia dei Belli Arti in Florence, was made for Santa Chiara in Florence, a small church which was renovated under the patronage of Jacopo Borgianni starting in ...
The Incarnation
Andrea della Robbia's glazed terracotta Incarnation of c.1479 adorns the altar of the Brizi Chapel in the Chiesa Maggiore of La Verna. Enshrined within a stone tempietto on the right side of the church, it forms a visual ...
The Ascension
This glazed terracotta altarpiece of the Ascension was originally made for the high altar of the Chiesa Maggiore of La Verna. Because this space was under the patronage of the Medici family, it is likely that a member of ...