Culture Minister Dario
Franceschini on Friday gave back to Germany a statue of Mary
Magdalene by Renaissance great Andrea della Robbia which had
been mistakenly taken from a German Jewish family after it was
found in Herman Goering's collection.
In the presence of German Culture Undersecretary Monika
Gruetters, Franceschini stressed the importance of returning a
work that had ended up in Italy "by mistake" and had
"unwittingly" stayed there for so long.
Andrea della Robbia (1435-1525) was an Italian Renaissance
sculptor, especially in ceramics.
Born in Florence, Andrea was the son of Marco della Robbia,
whose brother Luca della Robbia popularized the use of glazed
terra-cotta for sculpture.
Andrea became Luca's pupil, and was the most important artist
of ceramic glaze of the times.
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