Browsing Renaissance Polychrome Sculpture in Tuscany by Publish Date
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Madonna Adoring the Child
This glazed terracotta sculpture of the Madonna Adoring the Child (also known as the Madonna del Cuscino), was placed in the Cathedral of Arezzo in c. 1817. It is one of many versions of this popular subject made by the ... -
Christ on the Cross with Mary and John
Michele da Firenze specialized in painted terracotta sculptures -- though he is documented as a stonecarver, only his works in terracotta survive. This badly damaged group of Christ on the Cross between the mourning Mary ... -
Madonna della Misericordia
This work was long thought by scholars to be Bernardo Rossellino's small terracotta model for his stone Madonna of the Misericordia (Madonna del Manto) for the façade of the Palazzo della Fraternità in Arezzo. Anne Markham ... -
St. Mary Magdalene
This wooden sculpture of St. Mary Magdalene in penitence in the wilderness towards the end of her life, her hair grown miraculously long to hide her nakedness, is housed in the Museo Diocesano, Arezzo. Though the museum ... -
Funeral Monument of Francesco Roselli
Michele da Firenze specialized in terracotta -- though he is documented also as a stonecarver, only his works in terracotta survive. This elaborate tomb (originally painted) in San Francesco in Arezzo was made for the ... -
Madonna and Child
This sculpture (probably made of painted terracotta) is currently in Santissima Annunziata, Arezzo, but was very likely made originally for domestic devotion. These half-length Madonna's, often reproduced from molds in ... -
Adoration of the Magi
Despite being excuted in cold-painted terracotta, rather than his trademark glazed terracotta, this sculptural group, along with the Nativity group made for the niche opposite in the Cappella della Madonna of the Cathedral ... -
Bust of a Youth in a Garland
The original location and subject of this bust are unknown. Angelo Maria Bandini referred to the work as ""St. Ansanus,"" but there is insufficient evidence to support this identification. The modeling, meditative turn of ... -
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
This painted terracotta sculpture (Oratorio di San Sebastiano, Florence) is one of many half-length terracotta reliefs of the Madonna and Child, often used for domestic devotion and then later donated to churches or ... -
Meeting of Jesus and St. John the Baptist as Children
This work, showing the meeting between Jesus and St. John the Baptist as children, may have been made to assist in the religious education of children, as period texts suggest that children should look at images of baby ... -
Assumption of the Virgin
This glazed terracotta sculpture of the Assumption of the Virgin, attributed to the workshop of Andrea della Robbia, was one of several placed in the Cathedral of Arezzo in the nineteenth century. Photograph(s) licensed ... -
knight saint
This statuette of glazed terracotta is identified as a saint in prayer owing to holes in its head that were used to attach a halo. The figure is sometimes identified as St. Ansanus. The sculpture can be found today in the ... -
St. Romulus and Companions
This glazed terracotta sculpture group, of which two of the orignal statues are missing, may have been commissioned by Pope Leo X when he was visiting the Badia Fiesolana (the original location of the group). The pope is ... -
St. Francis of Assisi
This glazed terracotta statuette of St. Francis is shown by the artist, Girolamo della Robbia, holding a volume containing the Franciscan Rule and displaying his stigmata, including a wound on his chest. Girolamo was a son ... -
St. Mary Magdalene
This partially glazed terracotta sculpture of the penitent Mary Magdalene, today located in the Museo Bandini in Fiesole, is said to date to the middle phase of Giovanni della Robbia's activity. The skin has been left ... -
Baby Jesus in a Mandorla
This statue of the infant Jesus in benediction and holding symbols of the Passion (nails and a crown of thorns) is thought to have been a part of a larger group, now lost. The work is of glazed terracotta and can be found ... -
Christ the Redeemer
This painted terracotta bust of Christ, with a wooden halo, located today in the Museo Bandini in Fiesole, was created by the workshop of Benedetto da Maiano. This is one of many such terracotta busts of Christ produced ... -
Young Boy in a Garland (called ""The Infant St. John"")
The face of the child featured in this terracotta tondo has been cold painted, whereas the rest of the sculpture is glazed. The work can be found today in the Museo Bandini in Fiesole. The work is attributed to Luca della ... -
Young Boy in a Garland (called ""The Infant St. John"")
This partially glazed terracotta tondo can be found today in the Museo Bandini in Fiesole. The work is attributed to Girolamo della Robbia, one of the sons of Andrea della Robbia. Images such as these of beautiful young ...