Bottega Giovanni Della Robbia

Circular medallion in the blue, yellow, greenery and manganese -colored terracotta; The coat of arms of the Medici Cardinal is surrounded by a garland of fruits and small flowers in which cotogne apples are noted, bunches of black grapes, lemons, figs and pine cones within double laighted and molded frame with dart and ovoli motif; It is mounted in a model molded in walnut in gold, with great probability made by Giò Ponti who designed the furnishings of Villa Vittoria (ex Villino Strozzi, now Palazzo dei Congressi), since 1931 home of the well -known collector and antiquarian Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, slight defects and small shortcomings

Diam 48 cm

Origin: Contini Bonacossi Collection. The coats of arms and heraldic ornaments, made to reiterate the ownership of the elegant palaces, underline the patronage in buildings religious or charges taken in the Praetori buildings of Florence and his territory, they were a type of production that committed widely, Between the end of the fifteenth century and the beginning of the following century, the shop dei della Robbia, located in via Guelfa, where Andrea, grandson of progenitor Luca, inventor of the new art of the Miolica Miolica, He continued to work next to his numerous children (Marco the Young, Giovanni, Luca the young man, Francesco and Girolamo), to whom The three grandchildren, sons of Giovanni, as well as as well as other anonymous collaborators outside the family, in order to be able to satisfy the increasingly numerous requests from private individuals and ecclesiastical. This state of affairs sometimes makes it difficult, if not Impossible, to define a precise paternity of these works. In the proposed example here, which although it does not have the particular grace plastic and the sober compositional conception of Andrea, the execution rather accurate of the blazon characterized by an elegant colorism and naturalism of vegetable garland, more refined Compared to that of the specimen of the previous lot, it reveals one more direct affinity with the imaginative, decorative and narrative vein of Giovanni, as we detect it in the numerous heraldic medallions performed in his workshop during the years 1510 and 1520. The lot can be viewed by appointment or at our office in Corso Italia 6, Florence.