Prudence ca. 1475 Andrea della Robbia Italian Its large scale, bold design, and brilliant colors indicate that this roundel of Prudence was designed to be visible from a distance. The existence of three related roundels by Andrea della Robbia of other virtues—Faith (Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon), Temperance, and Justice (both Musée National de la Renaissance, Chteau d’Écouen)—suggests that the group was once part of or intended to be part of a ceiling or wall decoration. The model for such a program would have been Luca della Robbia’s allegorical virtues of 1461-62 on the ceiling of the chapel of the Cardinal of Portugal at the church of San Miniato al Monte, Florence.[2 There, a domed ceiling centers on a glazed terracotta roundel of the Holy Ghost, which is surrounded by roundels of the four cardinal virtues that touch it at equidistant points. Overlapping half circles fill the borders, while a pattern of superimposed cubes forms the background for the dome around the

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Prudence ca. 1475 Andrea della Robbia Italian Its large scale, bold design, and brilliant colors indicate that this roundel of Prudence was designed to be visible from a distance. The existence of three related roundels by Andrea della Robbia of other virtues—Faith (Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon), Temperance, and Justice (both Musée National de la Renaissance, Chteau d’Écouen)—suggests that the group was once part of or intended to be part of a ceiling or wall decoration. The model for such a program would have been Luca della Robbia’s allegorical virtues of 1461-62 on the ceiling of the chapel of the Cardinal of Portugal at the church of San Miniato al Monte, Florence.[2 There, a domed ceiling centers on a glazed terracotta roundel of the Holy Ghost, which is surrounded by roundels of the four cardinal virtues that touch it at equidistant points. Overlapping half circles fill the borders, while a pattern of superimposed cubes forms the background for the dome around the

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