Giovanni della Robbia

Giovanni della Robbia
Francesco Bini, CC BY-SA 4.0

(1469–1529) Italian sculptor (1469–1529)

Giovanni della Robbia (Italy, 1469–1529) is listed in the catalogue as a sculptor and a ceramicist. By year of birth, Giovanni della Robbia belongs to the chapter ‘The Renaissance’ in this site’s history of art.

Giovanni della Robbia was born in Florence and died in Florence. Wikidata associates Giovanni della Robbia with Renaissance.

The best-known works include ‘Christ and Four Saints Predella’, ‘Lamentation, from Santa Maria of the Scala’, ‘Madonna and Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist, from Ognissanti’, and ‘Medici Saint Francis’. The catalogue has 6 works by Giovanni della Robbia with free images. The dated works span the years 1400–1510. Works by Giovanni della Robbia are held by Sculptures in the National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, and Statens Museum for Kunst.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Andrea Ferrucci, Bramantino, Andrea Sansovino, Cornelis Engebrechtsz., and Giovanni Maria Falconetto.