Madonna and Child
Madonna and Child
Artist
Andrea della Robbia
(Italian (Florence), 1435-1525)
ArtistOR
Luca della Robbia
(Italian (Florence), 1399/1400 - 1482)
Place of OriginItaly (Florence)
Dateabout 1465-1470
Dimensionsimage: 29 x 20 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (73.7 x 51.2 x 11.4 cm)
framed: 57 3/4 x 35 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (146.7 x 90.8 x 17.1 cm)
framed: 57 3/4 x 35 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (146.7 x 90.8 x 17.1 cm)
Mediumtin-glazed earthenware
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1938.123
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 19
Marquand, Allan, "The Madonnas of Luca della Robbia," American Journal of Archaeology, 1894, p. 3.
Bode, Wilhelm von, Denkmäler der Renaissance-Sculptur Toscanas, Munich 1897, vol. 5, pl. 243A (questions attribution to Luca).
Reymond, Marcel, Les Della Robbia, Florence, 1897, pp. 109, 140, repr.
Reymond, Marcel, La Sculpture Florentine, Florence 1898, vol. 2, pp. 224-225, repr. p. 227.
Bode, Wilhelm von, "Luca della Robbia," Jahrbuch Der K. Preussischen KunstSammlungen, vol. 21, 1900, p. 19.
Cruttwell, Maud, Luca and Andrea della Robbia and their Successors, London and New York, 1902, p. 134 (questions attribution to Luca, suggests Giovanni della Robbia).
Bode, Wilhelm von, Florentiner Bildhauer der Renaissance, Berlin, 1902, 2nd ed. 1921, p. 157.
Schubring, Paul, Luca della Robbia und Seine Familie, Leipzig, 1905, p. 81, repr. p. 83.
Burlamacchi, L., Luca della Robbia, London, 1906, p. 75.
Bode, Wilhelm von, Florentine Sculptors of the Renaissance, London, 1908, 2nd ed. 1928, p. 115.
Marquand, Allan, Luca della Robbia, Princeton, 1914, pp. 55-56, repr. p. 55.
Wulff, Oskar, "ein verkanntes Frühwerk von Luca della Robbia und des Künstlers Werdegang," Jahrbuch der K. Preussischen Kunstsammlungen, vol. 38, 1917, p. 240.
Nicola, Giacomo de, "A Recently Discovered Madonna by Luca della Robbia," Burlington Magazine, vol. 35, 1919, p. 49.
Richardson, E.P., "Italian Sculpture, 1250-1500," Parnassus, vol. 10, no. 2, February, 1938, p. 9.
Middeldorf, Ulrich, "Die Austellung Italienischer Renaissanceskulptor in Detroit," Pantheon, vol. 22, 1938, p. 317.
Kennedy, Ruth, and Clarence Kennedy, "Toledo's Great Luca della Robbia: the Rediscovered Demidoff Madonna Just Acquired," Art News, vol. 37, April 1939, pp. 8, 20, repr. p. 8.
Beaux-Arts, April 14, 1939, p. 4, repr.
"Toledo Acquires Notable Della Robbia," Art Digest, vol. 13, May 1, 1939, p. 13.
Parnassus, vol. 11, no. 5, May 1939, p. 44, repr.
Mouseion, Supplément Mensuel, May 1939, p. 6, repr. p. 3.
"The San Donato Madonna Acquired," Toledo Museum News, no. 87, September 1939, pp. 3-8, repr.
"Recent Important Acquisitions of American Museums," Art Quarterly, vol. 2, 1939, p. 402b, repr. p. 398.
Museums Journal, vol. 39, 1939, p. 202, repr.
Prométhée, vol. 20, 1939, p. 185, repr.
Planiscig, Leo, Luca della Robbia, Vienna, 1940, pp. 10, 29, repr. pl. 3.
Middeldorf, Ulrich, "Two Florentine Sculptures at Toledo," Art in America, vol. 28, 1940, pp. 12-30, repr. p. 12.
Shoolman, Regina, and Slatkin, Charles E., The Enjoyment of Art in America, Philadelphia, 1942, repr. pl. 336.
Duveen Sculpture in Public Collections of America, New York, 1944, nos. 23-25, repr. with details.
Godwin, Molly Ohl, "Capolavori Italiani al 'Toledo Museum of Art,'" Le Vie Del Mondo, vol. 14, 1952, p. 1154, repr. p. 1146.
Godwin, Molly Ohl, "Toledo Museum of Art: Post-war Acquisitions," Connoisseur, vol. 136, 1955, pp. 133-134.
Bulla, J. M., An Introduction to Florentine Sculpture in the XV Century, London, 1957, p. 49.
Seiberling, Frank, Looking into Art, New York, 1959, p. 163, repr.
Faison, S. Lane, Jr., "From Lorenzo Monaco to Mattia Preti," Apollo, vol. 86, no. 70, Dec. 1967, p. 444, repr. (b&w), fig. 1, p. 446.
Godfrey, Frederick M., Italian Sculpture 1250-1700, London, 1967, p. 132, repr. fig. 10.
Toledo Museum of Art, A Guide to the Collections, Toledo, 1966, repr.
Pope-Hennessey, John, Luca della Robbia, Ithaca, 1980, pp. 73, 254, 267, 268, repr. fig. 42.
Pope-Hennessey, John, "Thoughts on Andrea della Robbia" in The Study and Criticism of Italian Sculpture, Princeton, 1981, p. 173, 176, 189-190, no. 19. (as about 1470) (first published in Apollo, March 1979).
Gentilini, Giancarlo, I Della Robbia, Florence, 1991, vol. I, p. 175.
The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Treasures, Toledo, 1995, p. 64.
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art Masterworks, Toledo, 2009, p. 116, repr. (col.).
Cambareri, Marietta, Della Robbia: Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2016, no. 63, p. 93, repr (col.) p. 95.
Exhibition HistoryDetroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Exhibition of Italian Gothic and Early Renaissance Sculptures, 1938, No. 31, repr.Boston, Museum of Fine Arts; Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art; Della Robbia: Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence, August 8, 2016-June 4, 2017.
Comparative ReferencesSee also Palazzo San Donato Catalogue.18th century
Early 17th century
about 1700
about 1700
about 1700
Probably early 18th century
18th Century
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