*Florentine school of the first half of the 16th century, Della Robbia entourage Baby Jesus in the Crib Polychrome stucco sculpture 52 x 21 x 11 cm Related literature Alfredo Bellandi, Presepi robbiani del Rinascimento, Firenze, Frascione Arte, 2017Related works: - Andrea Della Robbia, Crib, 1474 ca, Volterra, Duomo: particolare con la testa di un bue, Volterra, Museo Diocesano - Giovanni della Robbia, Crib,1510/1520 ca. Firenze, chiesa di San Marco, particolare - Giovanni della Robbia, Nativity scene, ca. 1510/1520, Firenze, chiesa di San Marco - Benedetto Buglioni, Crib,1510 ca., Firenze, Museo di Santo Stefano al Ponte; proveniente dalla, chiesa di Sant'Andrea a Camoggiano,Barberino di Mugello This Baby Jesus in polychrome stucco originally belonged to a group of devotional figures forming presepi, the popular cribs of Renaissance Florence. Andrea della Robbia was one of their inspirers, as can still be seen in his sets preserved in Volterra (circa 1474) and Caldine (1515). His sons, Giovanni, Fra Ambrogio and Fra Mattia, also continued the tradition, sometimes modifying earlier models with variants. Other Florentine artists such as Antonio Rossellino and Benedetto Buglioni also contributed to the genre. The cing-figure scene in polychrome terracotta executed by Antonio Rossellino's workshop and preserved at the Metropolitan Museum shows an infant Jesus in an attitude very similar to our version, with his left hand slightly lower (polychrome terracotta, H. 44.5 cm, inv. no. 11.136.1-.5). The presepi invited the faithful to immerse themselves in the Nativity scene.