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Luca della Robbia
Italian sculptor, Florentine school
(1399/1400 - 1482)
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John Singer Sargent
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Meeting of Mary and Elisabeth c. 1450 |
Meeting of Mary and Elisabeth after Luca della Robbia possibly 1897 |
The sculpture was sketched by John Singer Sargent on one of his trips to Pistoia which is in and around Tuscany, just northwest of Florence (Firenze). It resides in the church of San Giovanni Fuorcivitas. This may have been done in 1897 when Sargent was working diligently on material for the Boston Public Library murals. Pistoia was relatively close to a patron friend of John's: Prince Paul P. Demidoff (the 2nd Prince of San Donato). He had painted Princess Demidoff in 1895-1896.
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Sargent would later revisit this subject in his Boston Public Library Murals
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Sketch for the Joyful Mysteries, The Annunciation - The Virgin's Drapery 1903–16 |
