BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo
(b. 1377, Firenze, d. 1446, Firenze)

Ospedale degli Innocenti: Façade

1419-26
Photo
Piazza della SS. Annunziata, Florence

The enamelled terracotta medallions by Andrea della Robbia featuring infants wrapped in swaddling clothes are a reference to the "Innocents" killed by the order of Herod.




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