070517_Robbia_The_Ascention_1442.txt

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Luca della Robbia 1400 – 1482

The Ascension
terracotta with glaze — 1442-45
Duomo, Florence

This work is linked to Mark 16:19

This sculpture is found in a lunette over the door of the Southern Sacristy of the Florence Cathedral. The relief is terracotta; the glaze is a mixture of minerals. 
Over the door to the southern sacristy Della Robbia made a similar but less colorful relief on the Resurrection.