Madonna and Child, between 1490 and 1500

  • Andrea della Robbia, Italian, 1435-1525

Glazed terracotta

  • Unframed: 34 × 26 inches (86.4 × 66 cm)
  • 47 1/4 × 29 1/2 inches (120 × 74.9 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter O. Briggs

45.514

On View

  • European: Medieval and Renaissance W241

Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Lazzeri Collection (Villa di San Donato, Casellina, S. Michele a Torri, near Scandicci, Italy)

Luigi Grassi (Florence, Italy)

Dr. Arturo Grassi (Indianapolis, Indiana, USA). Mr. and Mrs. Walter O. Briggs

1945-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Andrea della Robbia, Madonna and Child, between 1490 and 1500, glazed terracotta. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter O. Briggs, 45.514.