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Luca della Robbia

1399 - 1482

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Luca della Robbia (, also US: , Italian: [ˈluːka della ˈrobbja, - ˈrɔb-]; 1399/1400–1482) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence. Della Robbia is noted for his colorful, tin-glazed terracotta statuary, a technique that he invented and passed on to his nephew Andrea della Robbia and great-nephews Giovanni della Robbia and Girolamo della Robbia. Although a leading sculptor in stone, after developing his technique in the early 1440s he worked primarily in terracotta. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luca della Robbia has received more than 203,734 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Luca della Robbia is the 21st most popular sculptor (up from 22nd in 2019), the 749th most popular biography from Italy (up from 756th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Sculptor.

Luca della robbia is most famous for his sculptures of children.

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  • 65.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Luca della Robbia ranks 21 out of 258. Before him are Giambologna, Scopas, Henry Moore, Nicola Pisano, Marie Tussaud, and Jacopo Sansovino. After him are Alessandro Algardi, Giovanni Pisano, Alexander Calder, Andrea Pisano, Paul Landowski, and Gustav Vigeland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1399, Luca della Robbia ranks 2. Before him is Xuande Emperor. After him are John, Count of Angoulême, Sophia of Montferrat, Zara Yaqob, and Nicolò Tron. Among people deceased in 1482, Luca della Robbia ranks 4. Before him are Mary of Burgundy, Hugo van der Goes, and Margaret of Anjou. After him are Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Federico da Montefeltro, Philibert I, Duke of Savoy, Gedik Ahmed Pasha, Lucrezia Tornabuoni, William III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Louis of Cyprus, and Giovanni di Paolo.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luca della Robbia ranks 749 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Vigilius (500), Joachim of Fiore (1135), Pope Felix IV (480), Poliziano (1454), Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835), and Rosso Fiorentino (1494). After him are Emilio Segrè (1905), Atia (-85), Vincenzo Galilei (1520), Domenico Modugno (1928), Lino Ventura (1919), and Charles Edward Stuart (1720).

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Among SCULPTORS In Italy

Among sculptors born in Italy, Luca della Robbia ranks 6. Before him are Benvenuto Cellini (1500), Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378), Antonio Canova (1757), Nicola Pisano (1225), and Jacopo Sansovino (1486). After him are Alessandro Algardi (1595), Giovanni Pisano (1248), Andrea Pisano (1290), Andrea della Robbia (1435), Jacopo della Quercia (1374), and Andrea Sansovino (1467).

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