Robbia, Andrea della
Robbia, Andrea della
Sculptor; nephew and student of Luca della Robbia . Born in 1431 in Florence, Italy; died there in 1528. He is best known as the sculptor of the Bambini, or swathed infants, which decorate the exterior of the Foundling Hospital in Florence, and The Meeting of Saint Francis and Saint Dominic in the loggia of the hospital of San Paolo in the same city. Five sons, including Giovanni, Girolamo, and Luca the Younger, worked with him.
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Robbia, Andrea della
Nephew, pupil, assistant, and sharer of Luca’s secrets, b. at Florence, 1431; d. 1528. It is often difficult to distinguish between his works and Luca’s. His, undoubtedly, are the medallions of infants for the Foundling Hospital, Florence, and the noble Annunciation over the inner entrance; the Meeting of S. Francis and S. Dominic in the loggia of S. Paolo; the charming Madonna of the Architects, the Virgin adoring the Divine Child in the Crib and other pieces in the Bargello; the fine St. Francis at Assisi; the Madonna della Quercia at Viterbo; the high altar (marble) of S. Maria delle Grazie at Arezzo; the rich and variegated decorations of the vaulted ceiling, porch of Pistoia Cathedral, and many other works.
Andrea had several sons, of whom Giovanni Girolamo, Luca the Younger, and Ambrogio are the best known. Giovanni executed the famous reliefs for the Ospendale del Ceppo, Pistoia; and Girolamo worked much in France, where he died. The Della Robbia school gradually lost power and inspiration, the later works being often overcrowded with figures and full of conflicting colour.
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M.L. HANDLEY Transcribed by St. Mary’s Catechetical Ministries Dedicated to Lidia Cardenas for completion of the Sacraments and her full initiation into the Catholic Church.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XIIICopyright © 1912 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat, February 1, 1912. Remy Lafort, D.D., CensorImprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York
Fuente: Catholic Encyclopedia
Robbia, Andrea della
an Italian sculptor and nephew of Luca, was born at Florence in 1444, and died in 1527. He worked both in marble and terracotta, and his productions may be found in many Italian cities. There are three in the Louvre, The Virgin Adoring the Infant Jesus, a head of St. Ann, and Christ Healing a Sick Man.