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Annunciation
Andrea della Robbia made these glazed terracotta statues of the Annunciate Virgin and the Angel Gabriel to flank the high altar in the Osservanza in Siena. Andrea also created an altarpiece and two roundels of saints for ...
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 ...
Madonna Adoring the Child
In the centre of this tondo, Mary is shown in adoration of the infant Jesus. Surrounding the central image are ten cherubs that are in turn framed by a garland containing fruits and nuts, among them apples, oranges, and ...
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 ...
Mary Giving her Girdle to St. Thomas
This glazed terracotta altarpiece, currently in the Collegiata in Foiano della Chiana, was originally probably made for the Pieve Vecchia or San Leonardo. The patrons, depicted in the predella, are named in the inscriptions: ...
Madonna and Child with Angels
This glazed terracotta lunette of the Madonna and Child with angels, along with the glazed terracotta ornament on the barrel vault above, was commissioned in 1504 , brought to Pistoia in July 1505, and installed by the ...
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 ...
Mary Giving her Girdle to St. Thomas
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 ...
Madonna and Child
This half-length glazed terracotta Madonna and Child is currently housed in a street-corner tabernacle on Via della Scala in Florence (at Via degli Orti Oricellari). It is difficult to see, as it is placed high at this ...
Nativity
Despite being executed in cold-painted terracotta, rather than his trademark glazed terracotta, this large scale crèche, along with the Adoration of the Magi group in the niche opposite in the Cappella della Madonna of the ...