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Family of Italian artists active in Florence. The first works of Luca (di Simone di Marco) della Robbia (1399/1400 – 82) were reliefs sculptured in marble, most notably those for the Cantoria (singing gallery) of the Florence cathedral (1432 – 37). He is remembered mainly for his development of glazed terra-cotta as a medium for sculpture; his major terra-cotta works include roundels of the Apostles (c. 1444) in Filippo Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel in Santa Croce. In time the della Robbia studio became a potters' workshop, famous especially for its renderings of the Madonna and Child in white enamel on a blue ground. Andrea (di Marco) della Robbia (1435 – 1525), Luca's nephew, assumed control of the workshop c. 1470. Trained as a marble sculptor, his best-known works are 10 roundels of infants on the facade of Florence's Foundling Hospital (c. 1487). Giovanni della Robbia (1469 – 1529), the most distinguished of Andrea's sons, took control of the family workshop after his father's death. His early works, notably a lavabo in Santa Maria Novella (1497) and medallions in the Loggia of San Paolo (1493 – 95), were collaborations with his father.

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