ROBBIA, Andrea della
(b. 1435, Firenze, d. 1525, Firenze)

Bust of a Boy

c. 1475
Glazed terracotta, height 33 cm
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

This bust came to the Bargello from the Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova in 1864, and is sometimes considered to be an idealised portrait of Pietro lo Sfortunato, the son of Lorenzo il Magnifico.