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ROBBIA, Luca della: Madonna and Child between Saints

🖼 Madonna and Child between Saints, 1449-50
Glazed terracotta
111 × 230 cm
Urbino, Italy

Glazed terracotta figures of the Madonna and Child occupy the center, flanked by standing saints in crisp, luminous relief. Della Robbia's signature technique revolutionized Renaissance devotional art, making religious imagery accessible and affordable through mass-producible ceramic works.

The story of art
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E. H. Gombrich
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