Andrea della Robbia, an able imitator of…

Andrea della Robbia, an able imitator of his late uncle Luca’s style, and the most important artist of ceramic glaze of the times, has carried on the production of the enameled reliefs on a much larger scale than his uncle had ever done; he also extends its application to various architectural uses, such as friezes and to the making of lavabos, fountains and large retables.

One variety of method i introduced in his enameled work.

Sometimes he omits the enamel on the face and hands of his figures, especially in those cases where he has treated the heads in a realistic manner; as, for example, in 1493’s tympanum relief of the meeting of St. Dominick and St. Francis in the loggia of the Florentine hospital of San Paolo, a design suggested by a fresco of Fra Angelico's in the cloister of St Mark's.