"Della Robbia: Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence" February 5 - June 4, 2017. National Gallery of Art.

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Just opened this week, Della Robbia: Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence.

From the NGA website:  Luca della Robbia (1399/1400-1482), a master sculptor in marble and bronze, invented a glazing technique for terracotta sculpture that positioned him as one of the most innovative artists of the 15^th century. Today, the sculptures created by Luca and his family workshop retain their brilliant opaque whites, deep cerulean blues, and botanical greens, purples and yellows over modeling that makes them powerful and engaging examples of Italian Renaissance art.  Resistant to weather and easily readable at a distance, Della Robbia works were widely collected in the late 19^th and early 20^th century by Americans traveling to Italy who sought to bring something of the Renaissance home. Della Robbia: Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence will present some 40 works by Luca, his nephew Andrea (1435-1525), Andrea’s sons, and the competing Buglioni workshop.

Washington Post Review:  "this exhibition leaves no doubt that the best of the work made during this century of production is among the most compelling art in any form from the 15th and 16th centuries."