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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. Although a leading sculptor in stone, after developing his technique in the early 1440s he worked primarily in terracotta. [4]
The Della Robbia Pottery was a ceramic factory founded in 1894 in Birkenhead, near Liverpool, England. It closed in 1906. It closed in 1906. Initially it mostly made large pieces with high artistic aspirations, especially relief panels for architectural use, but also ornamental vessels and plates, intended for display rather than use.
Andrea della Robbia by Andrea del Sarto Madonna with Child and Angels (Louvre Museum). Crucifixion, Sanctuary of La Verna . San Agustin (ca 1490), on display at the Carmen Thyssen Museum (Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza ) Andrea della Robbia (20 October 1435 – 4 August 1525) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, especially in ceramics.
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Della Robbia was born in Florence. In 1517, he moved to France where he worked in the court of King Francis I of France , and in 1529, he joined his brother Luca "the young". In 1525, he returned to Florence following the imprisonment of Francis I (1525–26) or because of the death of his father, which both happened in the same year.
Giovanni della Robbia was the son of Andrea della Robbia (1435–1525), brother of Girolamo della Robbia (1488–1566) and grandnephew of Luca della Robbia (1399/1400–1482). During a great part of his life he worked as assistant to his father and inherited the workshop after his father's death, enhancing the polychrome character of the glazed ...