# Embrace between Sts Francis and Dominic [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ROBBIA, Andrea della]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Glazed terracotta, 140 x 270 cm ## Commentary The Hospital of San Paolo in Florence is located in a complex dating back to the thirteenth century when the hospital was founded. It was used as shelter for the ill, the poor and mendicants. In 1221 the Dominican friars met here before moving to the convent of Santa Maria Novella. It is said that the meeting between Saint Francis and Saint Dominic took place in the hospital premises and the event is shown in a glazed terracotta lunette by Andrea della Robbia. The relief symbolizes the union of the Franciscans and Dominicans. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Child]() - [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]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()