ROBBIA, Andrea della
(b. 1435, Firenze, d. 1525, Firenze)

Madonna and Child between Sts Stephen and Lawrence

c. 1489
Glazed terracotta, 163 x 263 cm
Duomo, Prato

The façade of the Prato Cathedral has a single central portal with a lintelled doorway surmounted by a Gothic arch. In the lunette over the door is the glazed terracotta sculpture by Andrea della Robbia depicting the Madonna and Child with Saints Stephen and Lawrence.




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