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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 as in portraits 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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127473
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Plate with Arms of the Vitelleschi Family
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127473
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object
title
Plate with Arms of the Vitelleschi 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 as in portraits 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
1527
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q60780825
creators
5381
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 26.3 cm (10 3/8 in.)
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Italy, Urbino region, Gubbio
accession
1950.155
Source extras
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tin-glazed earthenware with gold luster (maiolica)
tombstone
Plate with Arms of the Vitelleschi Family, 1527. Circle of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli (Italian, 1465?–1553). Tin-glazed earthenware with gold luster (maiolica); diameter: 26.3 cm (10 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1950.155
collection
Decorative Arts
inscriptions
inscription
signed: M. G da Agubio, 1527.
didYouKnow
Today, the Palazzo Vitelleschi, home of the Vitelleschi family in Tarquinia, a coastal town north of Rome, is an archaeological museum.
citations
citation
Milliken, William M. “Three Majolica Plates by Maestro Giorgio.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 37, no. 10 (December 1950): 211–13.
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Mentioned: pp. 211-13
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www.jstor.org/stable/25141673
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:33:46.150000
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127473
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Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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tin-glazed earthenware with gold luster (maiolica)
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male
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