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
The showstopper is Luca della Robbia’s “Madonna and Child,” one of the first sculptures created in glazed terra cotta, which is a medium that della Robbia invented.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2016
One of the most innovative art-as-advertising firms in late-15th- and early-16th-century Florence was the della Robbia workshop, a family concern that prospered for three long-lived generations.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2016
It’s a constant companion, often inspiring: crystalline light and skies of della Robbia blue, storybook sunsets.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 15, 2014
The bronze doors of this northern sacristy are by Michelozzo and Luca della Robbia, assisted by Maso and Giovanni di Bartolommeo, and were executed between 1446 and 1467.
From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.
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