della Robbia
Americannoun
noun
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Filippo Brunelleschi, the architect, designed the Innocenti building, while Andrea della Robbia, the sculptor, was responsible for depicting idealized versions of the swaddled infants the institution took in.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
FLORENCE, Italy — When Botticelli and Luca della Robbia created masterpieces about motherhood, they honored Renaissance idealism with reverential depictions of a serene Madonna and child.
From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2021
It’s a constant companion, often inspiring: crystalline light and skies of della Robbia blue, storybook sunsets.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 15, 2014
Donatello’s “Abraham and Isaac,” “Saint John the Evangelist” and “Lo Zuccone” are among the N.Y.-bound trove, which also includes works by Brunelleschi, Nanni di Banco and Luca della Robbia.
From Washington Post
Pardon me, ladies," says she, while she turns her head and listens; "if I am not mistaken something has come to grief in my room, probably my little Lucca della Robbia.
From Boris Lensky by Schubin, Ossip
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