In the Manner of the della Robbia Workshop, 19th Century

Christie's London, 14 May 1878, Lot 33;

Harriet Loyd-Lindsay, Baroness Wantage (1837 – 1920);

Christie's London, 5 July 2007;

There acquired by the present collector.

F. Russell, The Loyd Collection of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, revised edition 1991, p. 53, no. 149.

The Della Robbia family of sculptors were renowned across Renaissance Italy for their glazed terracotta works, striking for their saturated cerulean blue paired with a bright white color.

The current work undoubtedly took its inspiration from Andrea Della Robbia's reliefs featuring the Mother and Child's tender embrace.