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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
LocalCollection
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Foundling Infants Roundels [restored originals]
Work_PrefTitle
Foundling Infants Roundels [restored originals]
Preferred Title
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Alternate Title:
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Infants in Swaddling Clothes [restored originals]
Work_AltTitle
Infants in Swaddling Clothes [restored originals]
Alternate Title
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Image View:
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Detail, original tondo showing glaze colors
Image_Title
Detail, original tondo showing glaze colors
Image View
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Creator:
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Andrea della Robbia (Italian ceramicist, 1435-ca. 1528)
Agent_Display
Andrea della Robbia (Italian ceramicist, 1435-ca. 1528)
Creator
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Location:
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repository: Museo dell'Ospedale degli Innocenti (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
repository: Museo dell'Ospedale degli Innocenti (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location
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Location Note:
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Piazza SS. Annunziata, 13; inside the museum
Work_LocationNotes
Piazza SS. Annunziata, 13; inside the museum
Location Note
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GPS:
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43.776308 11.261214
GPS
43.776308 11.261214
GPS
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Date:
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ca. 1487-1490 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
ca. 1487-1490 (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
Work_Culture
Italian
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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tondo
Work_Worktype1
tondo
Work Type 1
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Work Type 2:
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relief (sculpture)
Work_Worktype2
relief (sculpture)
Work Type 2
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
Work_Classification
Sculpture and Installations
Classification
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Material:
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tin-glazed ceramic
Work_MaterialDisplay
tin-glazed ceramic
Material
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Technique:
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casting (process); fabrication attributes: ceramics
Work_Technique
casting (process); fabrication attributes: ceramics
Technique
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Subjects:
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genre; human figure; Restoration and conservation; infants; swaddling clothes; foundlings; babies
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
genre; human figure; Restoration and conservation; infants; swaddling clothes; foundlings; babies
Subjects
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Description:
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The façade is made up of nine semicircular arches springing from columns of the Composite order. In the spandrels of the arches there are tin-glazed blue terracotta roundels with reliefs of babies designed by Andrea della Robbia suggesting the function of the building (a foundling orphanage). Ten roundels were installed in ca. 1487, all unique in terms of pose and details of the swaddling clothes. In 1845, 2 additional pairs of "bambini," reproductions of some of the originals, were installed at either end. A few of the tondi are still the original ones, but these surviving original tondi have been moved inside the museum and restored. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Work_Description_Sou rce
The façade is made up of nine semicircular arches springing from columns of the Composite order. In the spandrels of the arches there are tin-glazed blue terracotta roundels with reliefs of babies designed by Andrea della Robbia suggesting the function of the building (a foundling orphanage). Ten roundels were installed in ca. 1487, all unique in terms of pose and details of the swaddling clothes. In 1845, 2 additional pairs of "bambini," reproductions of some of the originals, were installed at either end. A few of the tondi are still the original ones, but these surviving original tondi have been moved inside the museum and restored. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Description
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
LocalCollection
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Collection
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Identifier:
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6A1-ROBBIA-MI-PSC-B0 2
Image_OriginalVendor ID
6A1-ROBBIA-MI-PSC-B0 2
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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