Virgin and Child
A secret technique of sculpting in clay to which, when baked,were applied soft but intensely luminous glazes was developed by Luca della Robbia (1399/1400-1482) in the mid 1400s in Florence. His pieces became popular and his family workshop thrived well into the 1500s. But the...
Images (5)
Sculpture
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id
12795
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contentType
sculpture
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Emile Gaillard, Paris, 1904 [mode of acquisition unknown] [no. 397]; Raoul Heilbronner, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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pageCount
5
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source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_27.218_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_27.218_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_27.218_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 5 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/27.218 |
Terms
Medium
terracotta with glazes
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