Girolamo Della Robbia

Girolamo Della Robbia Domenico ( born March 9, 1488 Florence; † August 4, 1566 in Paris) was an Italian sculptor and architect.

Girolamo Della Robbia was a son of the sculptor Andrea Della Robbia and his wife Giovanna di Piero di Ser Lorenzo di Paolo. He was trained by his father. He married Luisa di Piero. Around 1529 he moved, at the invitation of King Francis I. to France, where he mitbaute with interruption until 1563 at the Château de Madrid in the Bois de Boulogne. The no longer preserved " porcelain palace ", created in the glazing technique Della Robbia of, is considered his most important work. After the king's death, he returned for a short time to Florence. There his art style was declared outdated, so he again settled in France. In 1546 he received the tax exemption. For the grave of King Francis II he made in 1563 with two children figures of marble and for the grave of Charles IX. and of Catherine de Medici two marble angels and a reclining statue of the Queen, which remained unfinished. He was the progenitor of the French line of Della Robbia, which still can be detected until at least 1654.

He belonged to the third generation of the most important Florentine family of artists. His works are performed solidly and are very much in the tradition of the Della Robbia workshop.

Works (selection)

• Berlin, Sculpture Collection and Museum of Byzantine Art Stationary boy as a fountain figure. to 1515 - 1520

• Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds.

• The Adoration of the Child.

• Portrait bust of a man. to 1526 - 1531

• Portrait of the French king Francis I. to 1529

• Reclining statue of Catherine de Medici.
• Medallion with an uninterpreted allegory. ( attributed to )

• St. Galgano. ( attributed to )

• St. Michael. (attributed - perhaps with the help of a student, or work in the workshop )