Detail View: The AMICA Library: Virgin and Child
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.69.113
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Creator Name:
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Robbia, Andrea della
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Creator Role:
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Sculptor
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1435-1525
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Creator Name-CRT:
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By Andrea della Robbia
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Title:
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Relief
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Title Type:
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Object name
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Title:
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Virgin and Child
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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15th century (ca. 1470-75)
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Creation Start Date:
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1470
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Creation End Date:
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1475
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Materials and Techniques:
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Glazed terracotta
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Dimensions:
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37 3/8 x 21 5/8 in. (94.9 x 54.9 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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69.113
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Edith and Herbert Lehman Foundation Inc., 1969
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Rights:
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Context:
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Andrea was the nephew and disciple of Luca della Robbia, who developed the blue and white glazes used on terracotta sculpture with which the name della Robbia is associated. By the time he made the Lehman Madonna, about 1470-75, Andrea had for some years been chiefly responsible for the output of the family shop in the via Guelfa, Florence. Although he was a faithful follower of his uncle's style, his own personality emerged in works such as this, with its exceptionally high relief, in which he achieved monumental forms without sacrificing any of that sweetness and harmony of expression for which Luca is so admired. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.es69.113.R.tif
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