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ROBBIA, Luca della: Crucifixion of St Peter

🖼 Crucifixion of St Peter, 1439
Marble
69 × 78 cm
Florence, Italy

Inverted and splayed against his cross, Peter dominates this terracotta relief with dramatic foreshortening and precise anatomical detail. Della Robbia's glazed technique—revolutionary for sculpture—established Renaissance standards for religious narrative and technical innovation in Florence.

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E. H. Gombrich
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