Colorobbia and restoring Andrea della Robbia's ten putti in swaddling clothes

The ten putti in glazed terracotta by Andrea della Robbia, the symbol of the Ospedale degli Innocenti in Florence, have undergone important restoration works. After having been removed from Brunelleschi's façade, where they had been placed in 1487, they were shown to the public for the first time during the inauguration ceremony of the new Museo degli Innocenti, on June 23rd.

People can admire the cherubs at close range until next autumn. Then, they will be placed back on the building's façade.

The restoration of putto no.3 by Andrea della Robbia has been possible thanks to Colorobbia's contribution: the company, in fact, financed the whole amount joining the fundraising campaign "Adopt a work of art", a initiative that allowed the Istituto degli Innocenti in Florence to restore 26 works of art thanks to the support of the citizens, bodies, foundations and institutions.

The precious work has been restored by the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence.

Since its birth, the Colorificio Ceramico Della Robbia, soon to be called Colorobbia, has expressly reminded of its bond with Della Robbia. Bitossi family, in fact, decided to pay tribute to the prestigious Florentine family and its mastery of the art of glazed ceramics as an example of perfection, aesthetic innovation and technology in the ceramics sector. At the same time, it was thought to bode well for the newly inaugurated production of glazes, colours and frits destined to the production of ceramics and, afterwards, to the ceramic industry.

The name Colorobbia was immediately associated with the image, more or less stylised and freely interpreted, of one of Andrea della Robbia's putti: more precisely, the putto no. 3 which, thanks to Colorobbia, has now found its foster family.