A sweet-faced youth gazes ahead demurely, his lips slightly parted, suggesting that discount he might be about to speak or smile. Grasping his loose swaddling bands with one hand, he stretches out his free arm, as if directing our attention to the entrance of the building beneath him.
Created by Andrea della Robbia, this toddler is one of ten similar sculptures adorning the façade of the Ospedale degli Innocenti, a Florentine foundling hospital founded in 1419. The children appear at regular intervals between the bays of the loggia. Each one is set into a round (or nearly round) recess in the wall, inside a round frame of pietra serena, a grey stone quarried locally. The children themselves are made of another material characteristic of Renaissance Florence: glazed terracotta.
Listing is for the framed print you see in the photos. The last two pictures show the hospital in Italy and the actual boy medallion. These last two pictures are for informational purposes and are not included in the=is listing.
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