# Adoration of the Child [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ROBBIA, Andrea della]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Glazed terracotta ## Commentary Adoration of the Child c. 1470 Glazed terracotta Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence Colour is an inseparable part of the medieval tradition of religious art: the statues in Romanesque and Gothic churches were painted right up to the 16th century. Florentine sculptures in the maiolica technique - earthenware with a coloured glaze introduced by Luca della Robbia - combined the charming simplicity and ornamental quality of folk art with a true-to-life depiction of the human figures. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Child]() - [Agony in the Garden]() - [Alessandri Crucifixion]() - [Altar of the Sacrament]() - [An Angel in Prayer]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [Archangel Michael]() - [Ascension]() - [Bust of a Boy]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()