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Source Description
The scene depicted on this vessel, the goddess Venus emerging from the sea and drying her hair, is based on an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi dated September 11, 1506.
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Document identity
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119012
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Cylindrical Storage Jar: Venus on the Sea Shore
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119012
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title
Cylindrical Storage Jar: Venus on the Sea Shore
description
The scene depicted on this vessel, the goddess Venus emerging from the sea and drying her hair, is based on an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi dated September 11, 1506.
date
c. 1507–10
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en
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Q80014200
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Ceramic
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dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 29.8 x 18.9 cm (11 3/4 x 7 7/16 in.)
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Italy, Faenza, 16th century
accession
1940.12
Source extras
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tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
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Cylindrical Storage Jar: Venus on the Sea Shore, c. 1507–10. Italy, Faenza, 16th century. Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica); diameter: 29.8 x 18.9 cm (11 3/4 x 7 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1940.12
collection
Decorative Arts
citations
citation
Pringsheim, Alfred, Annette von Eckardt, and Otto von Falke. <em>Die Majolikasammlung Alfred Pringsheim in München</em>. [Leiden]: A.W. Sijthoff, 1914.
page_number
Reproduced: plate 50, cat. no. 85a
citation
Sotheby & Co., London. <em>Catalogue of the Renowned Collection of Italian Majolica: The Property of Dr. Alfred Pringsheim of Munich, the Second and Final Portion.</em> July 19-20, 1939.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 99, cat. no. 332; Reproduced: [opposite page 99], cat. no. 332
citation
Milliken, William. "Italian Majolica." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>27, no. 3 (March 1940): 32-25.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 33; Reproduced: p. 39
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 218
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 89
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. 89
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 103
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.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 40, fig. 42
citation
Falke, Otto von. <em>Le Maioliche Italiane della Collezione Pringsheim. </em>[Ferrara?]: Belriguardo Arte,1994.
page_number
Reproduced: plate 50
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 11:27:00.729000
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119012
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Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
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