Robbia

[ roh-bee-uh; Italian rawb-byah ]

/ ˈroʊ bi ə; Italian ˈrɔb byɑ /

noun

An·dre·a del·la

[ahn-dre-ah del-lah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ ˌdɛl lɑ/, 1435–1525, and his uncle, Lu·ca del·la

[loo-kah del-lah] /ˈlu kɑ ˌdɛl lɑ/, c1400–82, Italian sculptors.

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Examples from the Web for robbia

Once the Madre de Deus was adorned with several della Robbia placques.
Portuguese Architecture|Walter Crum Watson
While producing these works in enamelled earthen-ware, Robbia also painted on the flat.
The Ceramic Art|Jennie J. Young
It is a fine modern zeit-geist piece of declamation to come out of the rather over-sweet della Robbia period of art.
An Englishwoman's Love-Letters|Anonymous
The work called Robbia ware was terra-cotta relief covered with enamel.
The Browning Cyclopdia|Edward Berdoe

The palace is the national museum, and among its grand collections the work of the della Robbia family can best be studied.
Cathedral Cities of Italy|William Wiehe Collins

British Dictionary definitions for robbia

Robbia

/ (ˈrəʊbɪə, Italian ˈrobbja) /

noun

Andrea della (anˈdrɛːa ˈdɛlla). 1435–1525, Florentine sculptor, best known for his polychrome reliefs and his statues of infants in swaddling clothes

his uncle, Luca della (ˈluːka ˈdɛlla). ?1400–82, Florentine sculptor, who perfected a technique of enamelling terra cotta for reliefs

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