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Property from a Distinguished European Collection
GIROLAMO DELLA ROBBIA (1488-1566) OR LUCA DELLA ROBBIA, THE YOUNGER (1475-1548) ITALIAN, FLORENCE, 1530-1540
Bust of a Philosopher, or Roman Emperor
Details
GIROLAMO DELLA ROBBIA (1488-1566) OR LUCA DELLA ROBBIA, THE YOUNGER (1475-1548) ITALIAN, FLORENCE, 1530-1540
Bust of a Philosopher, or Roman Emperor
White glazed terracotta
21 ½ in. high (54.5 cm.), high, 19 in.(48 cm.) wide
Bust of a Philosopher, or Roman Emperor
White glazed terracotta
21 ½ in. high (54.5 cm.), high, 19 in.(48 cm.) wide
Provenance
Strozzi-Sacrati collection, Florence; Sold Sotheby’s, Milan 13-14 December 1995, lot 478, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
G. Gentilini and L. Fornasari, I della Robbia. Il dialogo tra le Arti nel Rinascimento, exh. cat., Museo Nazionale d’Arte Medievale e Moderna, Arezzo, 2009, pp. 268, 357-8, cat. no 96 (entry by T. Mozzatti).
RELATED LITERATURE
G. Gentilini, I Della Robbia. La scultura invetriata nel Rinascimento, Florence, 1992, pp. 366-367.
M. Cambareri, Della Robbia: Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Art, Boston, 2016, pp. 82-83, cat. 53.
RELATED LITERATURE
G. Gentilini, I Della Robbia. La scultura invetriata nel Rinascimento, Florence, 1992, pp. 366-367.
M. Cambareri, Della Robbia: Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Art, Boston, 2016, pp. 82-83, cat. 53.
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Associate Vice President, Associate Specialist Head of Part II