Prudence

Andrea della Robbia

ca. 1475 · Glazed terracotta · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This piece formed part of a decorative program, along with three other tondi with virtues. Two (Temperance and Justice) are in the Musée de Cluny, Paris, and one (Faith) is in the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon. They are related to the Cardinal Virtues by Luca della Robbia on the ceiling of the Chapel of the Cardinal of Portugal in San Miniato, Florence, but they show the style of Luca's nephew, Andrea, who was the dominant force in the family business after ca. 1470.

Artist

Andrea della Robbia

Date

ca. 1475

Medium

Glazed terracotta

Culture

Italian, Florence

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1921