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Source Description
Italian nobles of the 1500s often expressed their wealth, social status, and sophistication by ordering large sets of maiolica that sometimes carried their coats of arms or even likenesses, usually in profile similar to portrait paintings of the period. Reserved for use at festival events such as a wedding or commissioned to mark a special occasion or an important visit, elaborately decorated utilitarian vessels in maiolica were prized as works of art by their owners and displayed as such in their residences.
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Document identity
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123317
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Charger with Arms of the Vigeri Family
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123317
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object
title
Charger with Arms of the Vigeri Family
description
Italian nobles of the 1500s often expressed their wealth, social status, and sophistication by ordering large sets of maiolica that sometimes carried their coats of arms or even likenesses, usually in profile similar to portrait paintings of the period. Reserved for use at festival events such as a wedding or commissioned to mark a special occasion or an important visit, elaborately decorated utilitarian vessels in maiolica were prized as works of art by their owners and displayed as such in their residences.
date
1524
citation
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q60781298
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5381
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.)
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Italy, Urbino region, Gubbio
accession
1943.56
Source extras
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tin-glazed earthenware with gold and red lustre (maiolica)
tombstone
Charger with Arms of the Vigeri Family, 1524. Circle of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli (Italian, 1465?–1553). Tin-glazed earthenware with gold and red lustre (maiolica); diameter: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1943.56
collection
Decorative Arts
inscriptions
inscription
written in a panel along the outer edge: "W" or "M"; written on the foot: "1524" and "Mo Go" [mark of Maestro Giorgio].
didYouKnow
During the Renaissance, the powerful Vigeri family of Savona, a seaport in northwestern Italy, included numerous cardinals and bishops of the Roman Catholic Church.
citations
citation
Milliken, William M. "Italian Majolica." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 31, no. 1 (January 1944): 7-15.
page_number
Mentioned: p 15, Reproduced: p. 11
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25141102
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 222
citation
Hess, Catherine.<em> Italian Ceramics: Catalogue of the J. Paul Getty Museum Collection</em>. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2002.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: P 153-54
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:20:40.165000
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123317
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Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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tin-glazed earthenware with gold and red lustre (maiolica)
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male
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