Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . tted terminations enclosing a wreath of laurel leaves occu-pied by an escutcheon bearing a coat-of-arms. In the center isthe hinged door of the Tabernacle of wood, painted, gilded andcarved in relief with the figure of the Archangel Michael withhis foot upon a prostrate Satan. On either side of the dooris an angel of glazed terra-cotta in a blue robe holding door frame, also of glazed terra-cotta, is of vgg and dartmolding and
Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . tted terminations enclosing a wreath of laurel leaves occu-pied by an escutcheon bearing a coat-of-arms. In the center isthe hinged door of the Tabernacle of wood, painted, gilded andcarved in relief with the figure of the Archangel Michael withhis foot upon a prostrate Satan. On either side of the dooris an angel of glazed terra-cotta in a blue robe holding door frame, also of glazed terra-cotta, is of vgg and dartmolding and above is a line of quatrefoils. All glazed in vividnatural colors. Height, (5 feet - ?_? inches; width, •{ feet. {Illustrated) Sole: Though , who first applied a stanniferous colored glazeto terra-cotta, is of course the best known member of tin Delia Robbiafamily, others, and in particular Giovanni, the son of Lucas nephewAndrea, closely approached him in artistic Imagination and technicalskill. This unusually important, elaborate, but typical, example testi-fies indeed to Giovannis admirable sense of color and notable -kill asa By Giovanni della Robbia No. 11-4—Sixteenth Century Florentine Glazed Terra-cotta Tabernacle
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