Workshop of Andrea della Robbia, Agnus Dei

Information
Author
Andrea della Robbia (workshop of)
Date
1486
Collocation
Sala delle cantorie
Material
Terracotta, pigments, glass
Technique
Modelling, painting, glazing
Dimensions
Diameter: 90 cm; Thickness: 20 cm;
Scientific catalog (only in italian)
Tondo con Agnus Dei
Stemma dell'Arte della lana (Agnus Dei)

Tondo in glazed and polychrome terracotta, depicting the Agnus Dei in a wreath of fruits is atributed to Andrea della Robbia’s workshop and dated 1486. It served as an ornament to the keystone of the ceiling of some room of the Opera. The tondo portrays the Agnus Dei, symbol of  Santa Maria del Fiore and of Wool Merchants’ Guild of Florence, the powerful corporation that had been the Opera’s patron since 1331. The lamb with the halo and the cross banner is also a symbolic reference to Christ, often referred to in the New Testament as “Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world”, for example by John the Baptist when he speaks of the redemption achieved by the sacrifice of Christ on the cross, or by John the Evangelist who sees him rise again during the Apocalypse in the Book of Revelation. 

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