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Kneeling angel holding a candlestick, workshop of Giovanni Della Robbia

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An image of Maiolica. Kneeling angel holding a candlestick. Giovanni Della Robbia, workshop of (Italian, 1469-1529). Greyish-buff terracotta, decorated with lavender-blue, green, yellow, manganese-purple and white tin-glazes, height, whole, 76.0 cm, width, whole, 49.0 cm, circa 1500-1550. Renaissance. Production Place: Tuscany.

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Maiolica. Kneeling angel holding a candlestick. Giovanni Della Robbia, workshop of (Italian, 1469-1529). Greyish-buff terracotta, decorated with lavender-blue, green, yellow, manganese-purple and white tin-glazes, height, whole, 76.0 cm, width, whole, 49.0 cm, circa 1500-1550. Renaissance. Production Place: Tuscany.

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  • Accession Number: C.2169-1928
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 762 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 511.69kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1
  • Captured: 2014:03:18 16:20:46

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16th Century angels bended knee candlesticks Fitz_AA Florentine School Giovanni Della Robbia glazed Italian kneeling maiolica pottery Renaissance terracotta tin-glazed winged wings yellow

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