The Bible In Paintings >>> Featured Artists Series ✝️ The Best of The DELLA ROBBIAs ✝️

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The Best of the
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R O B B I A s

“LUCA DELLA ROBBIA (1399/1400–1482) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence. Della Robbia is noted for his colorful, tin-glazed terracotta statuary, a technique which he invented and passed on to his nephew ANDREA della Robbia and great-nephews GIOVANNI della Robbia and GIROLAMO della Robbia.

“The vibrant, polychrome glazes made his creations both more durable and expressive. His work is noted for its charm rather than the drama of the work of some of his contemporaries.”
excerpted from Wikipedia

“ANDREA DELLA ROBBIA (1435 – 1525) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, especially in ceramics. Andrea became Luca's pupil, and was the most important artist of ceramic glaze of the times.

“He carried on the production of the enamelled reliefs on a much larger scale than his uncle had ever done; he also extended its application to various architectural uses, such as friezes and to the making of lavabos, fountains and large retables.”
excerpted from Wikipedia

1
GIOVANNI DELLA ROBBIA
"Adam and Eve"

2
LUCA DELLA ROBBIA
"David and Goliath"

3
ANDREA DELLA ROBBIA
"The Annunciation"

4
LUCA DELLA ROBBIA
"La Visitazione"

5
ANDREA DELLA ROBBIA
"The Marriage of Josef and Mary"

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LUCA DELLA ROBBIA
"Nativity"

7
LUCA and ANDREA DELLA ROBBIA
"Madonna col Bambino"

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ANDREA DELLA ROBBIA
"Nativity"

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ANDREA DELLA ROBBIA
"The Adoration of the Magi"

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ANDREA DELLA ROBBIA
"The Last Supper"

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GIOVANNI DELLA ROBBIA
"In Annas' House"

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Detail #1

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Detail #2

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ANDREA DELLA ROBBIA
"Crucifixion"

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GIOVANNI DELLA ROBBIA
"Sepoltura di Cristo"

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LUCA DELLA ROBBIA
"Resurrezione"

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GIOVANNI DELLA ROBBIA
"Noli Me Tangere"

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ANDREA DELLA ROBBIA
"Ascension"

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[Red Badger]

He’s a pretty good chiseler!.....................

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They were..........................

[Red Badger]

A generation before Michelangelo....................

[Bob434]

That number 11 was like the carvings a fella in our church did, though they weren’t as Finely detailed as the one in 11. We all really appreciated and admired the carvings the fella did, and it added a lot of hometown artistry to the church.

[AnAmericanMother]

Had never seen 11 before - Christ before Annas. Magnificent.

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it added a lot of hometown artistry to the church

It's lovely when people allow the Holy Spirit to bless others through them, as your hometown fella did.

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So glad that whoever posted it also included two details,

[etabeta]

Remarkable artists.
The stained glass window at #2 is not a Della Robbia work. It is a medieval 16th c. stained glass panel from the Cistercian Abbey of Mariawald in Germany. Misleading of Wikepedia.

[InkStone]

Good Morning Dan, and happy greetings to each of you!

Quite a family of artists. Appreciate you posting so much information about them. Really stunning work; amazing they’ve survived the centuries of fires and wars.

Thank You Dan!

[Sunsong]

WOW

[spankalib]

What are the 2 details? (just curious)

These are all gorgeous, great job Dan!

As the foremost ox and ass specialist, I noticed they were very prominent in #6...

...did you catch them in #9?

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Thanks for the correction, Alba. I suspected as much....

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With the Della Robbias, the “family business” was an unusual one.

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WOW

My reaction, exactly.

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What are the 2 details? (just curious)

#10 and #11 are closeups--thus, "details"--of #9.

[AnAmericanMother]

Yes, it’s just as good close up as at a distance.

[InkStone]

Hi etabeta and Dan, or anyone who knows:

So this artist family sculpted in clay, then made a mold (a slip casting mold?) to cast a ‘thin walled’ ceramic piece, which was fired? Then glazed, and fired again?

Or was it done another way? Surely they made more than one copy each? Or not?

In any case, these are VERY fragile; remarkable that any survived.

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Color me IGNORANT.