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Source Description
Ceremonial plates decorated with a <em>bella donna</em> (beautiful woman) feature half-length portraits of a young woman surrounded by scrolled banners. Many <em>bella donna</em> plates were informed by the frescos of Renaissance painters Pietro Perugino and Pinturicchio.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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104769
label
Bella Donna Charger
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104769
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object
title
Bella Donna Charger
description
Ceremonial plates decorated with a <em>bella donna</em> (beautiful woman) feature half-length portraits of a young woman surrounded by scrolled banners. Many <em>bella donna</em> plates were informed by the frescos of Renaissance painters Pietro Perugino and Pinturicchio.
date
c. 1520–30
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60778944
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 8.6 x 41.3 cm (3 3/8 x 16 1/4 in.)
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Italy, Papal States, Deruta
accession
1923.1096
Source extras
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tin-glazed earthenware with yellow and blue lustre (maiolica)
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Bella Donna Charger, c. 1520–30. Italy, Papal States, Deruta. Tin-glazed earthenware with yellow and blue lustre (maiolica); diameter: 8.6 x 41.3 cm (3 3/8 x 16 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1923.1096
collection
Decorative Arts
inscriptions
inscription
with inscription: IV BLLIA BELLA
didYouKnow
Scholars believe that chargers such as these were given as marriage gifts or in memory of someone who had died.
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
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Reproduced: p. 91
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 91
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
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Reproduced: p. 102
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. T<em>he World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
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Mentioned and reproduced: p. 45, fig. 47
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 05:39:13.586000
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104769
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Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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tin-glazed earthenware with yellow and blue lustre (maiolica)
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