Luca della Robbia the Younger, after a model by Andrea della Robbia
The Virgin and Child and the Young Saint John the Baptist (The Madonna of Humility, or Madonna of the Meadow), within a garland of fruit and flowers, Florence, ca. 1500-1510
Polychrome glazed terracotta
Diam. ca. 80 cm (relief 56.5 cm), overhang ca. 10 cm
Diam. ca. 31 ½ in (relief 22 in), overhang ca. 4 in
New York, Sotheby’s Gallery, Glazed. The Legacy of the Della Robbia, 21 October - 18 November 2016 (no. 6).
Literature
G. Gentilini, ‘Madonna and Child with the young St John, surrounded by a garland of fruit and flowers’, in A. Bacchi, ed., A Taste For Sculpture. II, London 2015, pp. 16-25, no. 2.; G. Gentilini, ‘The Virgin and Child and the Young Saint John the Baptist (The Madonna of Humility, or Madonna of the Meadow), within a garland of fruit and flowers’, in Glazed. The Legacy of the Della Robbia, exhibition catalogue (New York, Sotheby’s Gallery, 21 October - 18 November 2016), ed. by G. Gentilini, A. Butterfield, M. Schwartz, New York 2016, pp. 34-39, 132-135, no. 6.
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