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LUCIA DI SIMONE ROBBIA

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Sculptor, b. at Florence, 1400; d. 1481. He is believed to have studied design
with a goldsmith, and then to have worked in marble and bronze under Ghiberti.
He was early invited to execute sculptures for the Cathedral of S. Maria del
Fiore and the Campanile. The latter—representing Philosophy, Arithmetic,
Grammar, Orpheus, and Tubalcain (1437) —are still somewhat Gothic in character.
For the organ-gallery of the cathedral he made the famous panels of the
Cantorie, groups of boys singing and playing upon musical instruments (1431-8),
now in the Museo del Duomo. For the north sacristy he made a bronze door;
figures of angels bearing candles and a fine glazed earthenware relief of Christ
rising from the tomb over the entrance are also his execution. Above the
entrance to the southern sacristy he made the Ascension almost entirely in his
new ware. The medium was not unknown, but by dint of experimenting he brought
his material to great perfection. He colours are brilliant, fresh, and beautiful
in quality, the blue especially being quite inimitable. The stanniferous glaze,
or enamel, contained various minerals and was Luca's own secret; in the firing,
it became exceedingly hard, durable, and bright. Luca's design is generally an
architectural setting with a very few figures, or half figures, and rich borders
of fruits and flowers. He excels in simplicity and loveliness of composition.
His madonnas have great charm, dignity, and grace. In the earlier productions
colour is used only for the background, for the stems and leaves of lilies, and
the eyes; an occasional touch of gold is added in coronal or lettering. Later,
Luca used colour more freely. The Della Robbia earthenwares are so fresh and
beautiful and so decorative that even in Luca's time there were immediately in
great request. They are seen at their best in Florence. A few of the principal
ones are: the crucifix at S. Miniato and the ceiling of the chapel in which it
is found; the medallions of the vault (centre, the Holy Ghost; corners, the
Virtues) in the chapel of Cardinal Jacopo of Portugal, also at S. Miniato; the
decorations of the Pazzi chapel at Sta. Croce; the armorial bearings of the Arti
at Or San Michele; the Madonna of the Apple, and a number of equally fine
reliefs. Of his works outside Florence may be mentioned: the Madonna at Urbino;
the tabernacle at Impruneta, the vault angels of S. Giobbe, Venice (sometimes
said to be by the school only); medallions of Justice and Temperance, Museum of
Cluny, Paris; arms of Réné d'Anjou, London, South Kensington Museum, and other
works in Naples, Sicily, and elsewhere. The admirable and much disputed group of
the Visitation at S. Giovanni Fuorcivitas, Pistoia, is attributed both to Luca
and Andrea.


SOURCES

BARBET DE JOUY, Les Della Robbia (Paris, 1855); MÜNTZ, Hist. de ;'Art pendant la
Renaissance (Paris, 1895); REYMOND, Les Della Robbia (Florence, 1897); CRUTWELL,
Luca and Andrea Della Robbia (London, 1902).


ABOUT THIS PAGE

APA citation. Handley, M.L. (1912). Lucia di Simone Robbia. In The Catholic
Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13095b.htm

MLA citation. Handley, Marie Louise. "Lucia di Simone Robbia." The Catholic
Encyclopedia. Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912.
<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13095b.htm>.

Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by St. Mary's
Catechetical Ministries. Dedicated to Evan Michael Cruz for completion of
Sacraments and Full Initiation into the Catholic Church.

Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. February 1, 1912. Remy Lafort, D.D.,
Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.

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