Michele da Firenze specialized in terracotta -- though he is documented also as a stonecarver, only his works in terracotta survive. This under lifesize statue of the Madonna and Child (known as the Madonna delle Lacrime) ...

The original location of this almost life-size glazed terracotta Madonna is unknown. In the eighteenth century it was donated to the Oratorio di San Tommaso d'Aquino, Florence, where it remains today in relative obscurity, ...

Andrea Pisano's marble relief of the Madonna and Child with maiolica insets was originally located above the north door of the campanile, or bell tower, beside the cathedral in Florence. The striking blue colour of the ...

This sculpture, originally located on the façade of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, was removed in the sixteenth century when plans were underway for a new façade for the cathedral to be created. The sculpture is made ...

Scholars agree that this painted and gilded terracotta Madonna and Child, housed in the Museo Bandini in Fiesole, is the work of a major artist of the early quattrocento, but the attribution has varied widely from earlier ...

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 ...

This magnificent image of the Madonna enthroned with baby Jesus regally dressed and blessing, comes from a church in Castello di Barbialla (in the Val d'Evola) and is currently in the Cathedral of Volterra. The Madonna and ...

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 ...

Giovanni della Robbia made this glazed terracotta sculpture on the façade of San Barnaba in Florence in 1528-9 at the behest of the guild of physicians and apothecaries (Arte dei Medici e Speziali), a guild with which ...

This painted terracotta relief is a close copy of a marble relief also by Matteo Civitale, both of which are currently housed in the Museo di Villa Guinigi in Lucca. This terracotta relief, like another poorly preserved ...