Luca d'Andrea della Robbia

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Luca d'Andrea della Robbia (* after 1482 probably in Florence , † after February 17, 1547 probably in Paris ) was an Italian sculptor and Dominican . Sometimes he is also called as Luca della Robbia the Younger .

Life

Luca d'Andrea della Robbia was one of seven sons of the sculptor Andrea della Robbia and his wife Giovanna di Piero di Ser Lorenzo di Paolo, who were born between 1467 and 1488. He was trained by his father. One of his most important orders was the manufacture of majolica tiles for Raphael's loggias . In a document dated September 10, 1518 he is referred to as "Frate", so that today it is considered certain that he, like his brothers Marco and Paolo (as Fra Ambrogio and Fra Mattia), joined the Dominican order. What became of the brothers Antonio (* 1467) and Francesco (* after 1472) is not known. He later followed his brother Girolamo della Robbia to France, where he received tax exemption in 1546. His older brother Giovanni della Robbia (1469 - around 1529) was the third-born son of his parents and had supported his father in his work from an early age.

D'Andrea della Robbia belonged to the third generation of the important Florentine family of artists. His works are solidly executed and are entirely in the tradition of the Della Robbia workshop.

Works (selection)

Madonna con bambino e santi (San Mauro a Signa)
  • Monte San Savino , Santa Chiara
    • Adoration of the Child (attributed to)
  • San Mauro a Signa , Chiesa Parrocchiale
    • Tabernacle with the Coronation of Mary
  • Whereabouts unknown
    • Portrait bust of a woman. 1530 (attributed - auctioned on February 19, 2003 at Finarte Semenzato in Milan)
    • Angel of Adoration (sold by Franco Semenzato in Venice on April 19, 2001)
    • Fruit basket (sold on December 15, 2001 at Franco Semenzato in Florence)

literature

Web links

Commons : Luca della Robbia the Younger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The III. Generation. 20. Giovanni and his brothers. In: Paul Schubring : Lucca della Robbia and his family. Bielefeld / Leipzig 1905, p. 124ff. ( digitalesammlungen.uni-weimar.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Della Robbia, Luca d'Andrea
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Della Robbia, Luca the Elder J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian sculptor and Dominican
DATE OF BIRTH after 1482
PLACE OF BIRTH uncertain: Florence
DATE OF DEATH after February 17, 1547
Place of death Paris