Luca della Robbia

della Robbia, Luca

Italian, Florentine, 1400 - 1482

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The sculpture is a relief depicting a scene with people gathered around a baby in a basket, surrounded by green grass. Surrounding the basket, there is a man on the left and a woman on the right with her hands clasped in prayer. Behind them is a row of more people, including two angels. Two oxen or cattle can be seen looking down at the child. The people and animals are all white against a deep blue backdrop. The sculpture is framed within an intricate gold-and-blue frame, with the words "GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO" inscribed at the top. The golden frame has detailed columns with floral and geometric patterns.
Luca della Robbia, The Nativity, c. 1460, glazed terracotta, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.1.3

The Nativity

Luca della Robbia · c. 1460 · glazed terracotta ·  Accession ID  1961.1.3

This relief sculpture depicts a seated woman holding a small child in her lap. Both the woman and child are sculpted entirely in white, and both have halos behind their heads. The woman is seated on bright green ground in front of a blue sky, and the child reaches towards white lilies growing from tall green stems on the right. The relief sculpture is surrounded by a frame with swirling blue and gold accents.
Luca della Robbia, Madonna and Child, c. 1475, glazed terracotta, Widener Collection, 1942.9.141

Madonna and Child

Luca della Robbia · c. 1475 · glazed terracotta ·  Accession ID  1942.9.141

The image shows a full-body sketch of a seated figure from head to toe. The person is seated with one leg crossed over the other, leaning slightly forward, and holding a book or a board on a stand with their left hand. The figure's head is angled downwards towards the object, with short textured hair. They are draped in minimal cloth around the waist. The drawing emphasizes the body's contours and musculature with a light tone against a dark background. The background is a plain blue surface, providing a stark contrast to the figure.
Florentine 15th Century, Domenico Veneziano, Luca della Robbia, A Young Man Sitting on a Stool Reading a Book (recto); The Fall of Man (a fragment of the lower part) (verso), c. 1450, pen and brown ink heightened with white gouache on laid paper (recto); black chalk with pen and brown ink (verso), William B. O'Neal Fund and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2009.91.1

A Young Man Sitting on a Stool Reading a Book (recto); The Fall of Man (a fragment of the lower part) (verso)

Florentine 15th Century, Domenico Veneziano, Luca della Robbia · c. 1450 · pen and brown ink heightened with white gouache on laid paper (recto); black chalk with pen and brown ink (verso) ·  Accession ID  2009.91.1

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Madonna and Child and a Standing Angel [59]

Wilhelm Kandler · 1844 · graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2013.96.31

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The Visitation

Oronzio Lelli · original c. 1445, cast by 1897 · plaster ·  Accession ID  2016.22.27