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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. The Pucci family was a powerful noble household in Renaissance Florence who were at times quite close allies of the Medici, a prominent banking family.
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Document identity
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122327
label
Plate with the Arms of the Pucci Family
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122327
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object
title
Plate with the Arms of the Pucci 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. The Pucci family was a powerful noble household in Renaissance Florence who were at times quite close allies of the Medici, a prominent banking family.
date
1532
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60781138
creators
5419
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 3.2 x 19 cm (1 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
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Italy, Urbino
accession
1942.626
Source extras
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tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
tombstone
Plate with the Arms of the Pucci Family, 1532. Francesco Xanto Avelli (Italian, 1487?–1544?). Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica); diameter: 3.2 x 19 cm (1 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance, 1942.626
collection
Decorative Arts
inscriptions
inscription
inscription: F(rancesco) X(anto) A(velli) (da) R(ovigo)
didYouKnow
A more contemporary head of the family, Emilio Pucci, became famous as a fashion designer in the 1960s and 1970s.
citations
citation
John Long Severance Art Collection Photographs: Furniture, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 285-293; Reproduced: p. 297
citation
<em>Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936.</em> Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 46, cat. no. 95
citation
Busti, Giulio, Mauro Cesaretti, and Franco Cocchi. La maiolica italiana del Rinascimento: studi e ricerche : atti del convegno internazionale, Assisi 9-11 settembre 2016. 2019.
page_number
Reproduced and mentioned; p. 225, Fig. 62
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Bequest of John L. Severance
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2026-05-29 06:17:57.403000
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122327
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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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male
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