Virgin and Angels Adoring the Christ Child
Luca della Robbia, Italian (active Florence), 1400 - 1482. Perhaps assisted by Andrea della Robbia, Italian (active Florence), 1435 - 1525. Frame attributed to Andrea della Robbia, Italian (active Florence), 1435 - 1525.
Geography:
Made in Florence, Italy, Europe
Date:
c. 1460-1470sMedium:
Glazed earthenwareDimensions:
Diameter: 65 3/4 inches (167 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Decorative Arts and Sculpture
W1930-1-64a,bCredit Line:
Purchased with the W. P. Wilstach Fund from the Edmond Foulc Collection, 1930
Made in Florence, Italy, Europe
Date:
c. 1460-1470sMedium:
Glazed earthenwareDimensions:
Diameter: 65 3/4 inches (167 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Decorative Arts and Sculpture
* Gallery 251, European Art 1500-1850, second floor
Accession Number:W1930-1-64a,bCredit Line:
Purchased with the W. P. Wilstach Fund from the Edmond Foulc Collection, 1930
Label:
Round reliefs of the Adoration were sometimes placed in Florentine Renaissance bedchambers. If such was the original location of this masterpiece, the patron must have been an important one. The collector Edmond Foulc added the decorative frame in the late nineteenth century.
Round reliefs of the Adoration were sometimes placed in Florentine Renaissance bedchambers. If such was the original location of this masterpiece, the patron must have been an important one. The collector Edmond Foulc added the decorative frame in the late nineteenth century.
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