Master Sculpture and Works of Art Part II
Master Sculpture and Works of Art Part II
Attributed to Girolamo della Robbia (Florence 1488 - 1566 Paris) Italian, Florence, circa 1510
fragment of a relief with skull
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January 30, 07:36 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
Attributed to Girolamo della Robbia (Florence 1488 - 1566 Paris)
Italian, Florence, circa 1510
fragment of a relief with skull
glazed terracotta
8 5/8 by 12 1/4 in.; 21.8 by 31.2cm.
Giancarlo Gentilini attributes this fragment with the skull of Adam from a Calvary group (which would have been included at the base of the cross) to Girolamo della Robbia around 1510, at the time of his close collaboration with his father Andrea della Robbia (Florence 1535 - 1525).
The vibrant modeling of the skull relates to physiognomies that characterize some figures in Girolamo's early works, such as the Nativity preserved in the Museum of Palazzo Taglieschi in Anghiari or Saint Francis with the stigmata in San Francesco a Barga. The intensity of the polychromy also supports this attribution.
The vibrant modeling of the skull relates to physiognomies that characterize some figures in Girolamo's early works, such as the Nativity preserved in the Museum of Palazzo Taglieschi in Anghiari or Saint Francis with the stigmata in San Francesco a Barga. The intensity of the polychromy also supports this attribution.