Giovanni della Robbia
73 5/8 x 35 7/8 in
Expertise by Giancarlo Gentilini
Further images
Provenance
? Florence, Church of San Michele in Palchetto or delle Trombe, later Santa Elisabetta (demolished in 1785);
Florence, Elia Volpi;
New York, American Art Galleries (Volpi sale), 21-28 November 1916 (lot 114);
East Hartford (Connecticut), Francis Patrick Garvan (1916);
Torre Canavese (Turin), Marco Datrino (1998).
Exhibitions
Fiesole, Basilica di Sant’Alessandro, I Della Robbia e l’ “arte nuova” della scultura invetriata, 29 May - 1November 1998 (no. III.5).
Literature
? G. Richa, Notizie istoriche delle chiese fiorentine, Florence 1754-1762, vol. VIII, part 4, 1759, p. 268;
Art Treasures and Antiquities... brough to America by... Elia Volpi, sale catalogue (New York, American Art Galleries, 21-28 November 1916), New York 1916, lot 114;
A. Marquand, Giovanni della Robbia, Princeton 1920, p. 99, no. 96;
F. Domestici, ‘Tabernacolo eucaristico con Gesù Bambino benedicente, angeli e cherubini’, in I Della Robbia e l’ “arte nuova” della scultura invetriata, exhibition catalogue (Fiesole, Basilica di Sant’Alessandro, 29 May - 1 November 1998), ed. by G. Gentilini, Florence 1998, pp. 260-261, n. III.5;
R. Dionigi, ed., Stemmi robbiani in Italia e nel Mondo. Per un catalogo araldico, storico e artistico, Florence 2014, p. 304, no. 403;
G. Gentilini, ‘Eucharistic tabernacle with Jesus as a Child blessing, angles and cherubs,’ in A. Bacchi,ed., A Taste For Sculpture. III, London 2016, pp. 26-35, no. 3.
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