ROBBIA, Luca della
(b. 1399/1400, Firenze, d. 1482, Firenze)

Cantoria: left side relief (detail)

1431-38
Marble
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence

Luca della Robbia's famous singing boys on the end panel of the Cantoria - some treble, some bass - offer an unexpected naturalism within the idealized figures and compositions.