Luca della Robbia
![Madonna and Child with Angels from Via dell'Agnolo in Florence, um 1470, Bargello, Florence](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Luca_della_Robbia%2C_Madonna_and_Child_with_Angels%2C_c1470%2C_Bargello%2C_Florence.jpg)
The vibrant, polychrome glazes made his creations both more durable and more expressive. His work is noted for its charm rather than the drama of the work of some of his contemporaries. Two of his famous works are ''The Nativity'' () and ''Madonna and Child'' (). In stone, his most famous work is also his first major commission, the choir gallery, ''Cantoria'' in the Florence Cathedral (1431–1438).
Della Robbia was praised by his compatriot Leon Battista Alberti for genius comparable to that of the sculptors Donatello and Lorenzo Ghiberti, the architect Filippo Brunelleschi, and the painter Masaccio. By ranking him with contemporary artists of this stature, Alberti noted the interest and strength of Luca's work in marble and bronze, as well as in the terra-cottas always associated with his name. Provided by Wikipedia