Luca della Robbia
Italian sculptor (1399-1482) · Artists · Died at 83
Luca della Robbia was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence. Della Robbia is noted for his colorful, tin-glazed terracotta statuary, a technique that he invented and passed on to his nephew Andrea della Robbia and great-nephews Giovanni della Robbia and Girolamo della Robbia.
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Madonna and Child with Angels from Via dell'Agnolo in Florence, um 1470, Bargello, Florence
Madonna of the Rosebush, 1450-60, Bargello, Florence
Cantoria (singing loft) by Luca della Robbia, 1431-38, his first known commission - Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence
One of the panels of the Cantoria
Visitation, 1445, San Giovanni Fuoricivitas, Pistoia, detail
About this person
Although a leading sculptor in stone, after developing his technique in the early 1440s he worked primarily in terracotta. His large workshop produced both less expensive works cast from molds in multiple versions, and more expensive one-off individually modeled pieces.
