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Luca della Robbia

1399 - 1482

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Luca della Robbia (, also US: , Italian: [ˈluːka della ˈrobbja, - ˈrɔb-]; 1399/1400–1482) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence. Della Robbia is noted for his colorful, tin-glazed terracotta statuary, a technique that he invented and passed on to his nephew Andrea della Robbia and great-nephews Giovanni della Robbia and Girolamo della Robbia. Although a leading sculptor in stone, after developing his technique in the early 1440s he worked primarily in terracotta. His large workshop produced both less expensive works cast from molds in multiple versions, and more expensive one-off individually modeled pieces. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luca della Robbia is the 23rd most popular sculptor (down from 21st in 2019), the 777th most popular biography from Italy (down from 749th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Sculptor.

Luca della robbia is most famous for his sculptures of children.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Luca della Robbia ranks 23 out of 258. Before him are Scopas, Józef Gosławski, Jacopo Sansovino, Nicola Pisano, Marie Tussaud, and Henry Moore. After him are Andrea Pisano, Alexander Calder, Alessandro Algardi, Giovanni Pisano, Alexander Archipenko, and Rosa Bonheur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1399, Luca della Robbia ranks 2. Before him is Xuande Emperor. After him are John, Count of Angoulême, Zara Yaqob, Nicolò Tron, and Sophia of Montferrat. Among people deceased in 1482, Luca della Robbia ranks 4. Before him are Mary of Burgundy, Hugo van der Goes, and Margaret of Anjou. After him are Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Federico da Montefeltro, Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Philibert I, Duke of Savoy, Gedik Ahmed Pasha, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī, and Louis of Cyprus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luca della Robbia ranks 777 out of 5,161. Before him are Angela Merici (1474), Luca Giordano (1634), Faustina the Younger (125), Gianluigi Buffon (1978), Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (-229), and Aulus Gellius (123). After him are Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (1759), Agathocles of Syracuse (-361), Ottorino Respighi (1879), Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860), Peter Lombard (1096), and Andrea del Castagno (1420).

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Among SCULPTORS In Italy

Among sculptors born in Italy, Luca della Robbia ranks 6. Before him are Benvenuto Cellini (1500), Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378), Antonio Canova (1757), Jacopo Sansovino (1486), and Nicola Pisano (1225). After him are Andrea Pisano (1290), Alessandro Algardi (1595), Giovanni Pisano (1248), Jacopo della Quercia (1374), Andrea della Robbia (1435), and Bonanno Pisano (1150).

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