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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 ...
Stigmatization of St. Francis, St. Bartholomew, and Tobias and the Angel
This glazed terracotta work functioned as an elborate frame for a ciborium (a container for the Host, the bread or wafter believed to become the body of Christ during the mass). A sixteenth century painted wood door for ...
St. Mark
This is one of four glazed terracotta roundels of the Evangelists, as well as a frieze, that Andrea della Robbia created for Santa Maria delle Carceri in Prato, which was designed by Giuliano da Sangallo at the behest of ...
St. Matthew
This is one of four glazed terracotta roundels of the Evangelists, as well as a frieze, that Andrea della Robbia created for Santa Maria delle Carceri in Prato, which was designed by Giuliano da Sangallo at the behest of ...
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 Saints Stephen and Lawrence
The glazed terracotta lunette over the door to Prato Cathedral was commissioned from Andrea della Robbia in 1489 but not installed into the pre-existing Gothic architecture until until 1496. In the same years, Andrea ...
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 ...