id: 119458 accession number: 1940.343 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.343 updated: 2023-01-10 21:18:09.210000 Dovizia (Plenty), c. 1520–1529. Giovanni della Robbia (Italian, 1469–1529/30). Glazed terracotta; overall: 110.2 cm (43 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of S. Livingstone Mather, Constance Mather Bishop, Philip R. Mather, Katherine Hoyt Cross, and Katherine Mather McLean in accordance with the wishes of Samuel Mather 1940.343 title: Dovizia (Plenty) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1520–1529 creation date earliest: 1520 creation date latest: 1529 current location: 118 Italian Renaissance creditline: Gift of S. Livingstone Mather, Constance Mather Bishop, Philip R. Mather, Katherine Hoyt Cross, and Katherine Mather McLean in accordance with the wishes of Samuel Mather copyright: --- culture: Italy, Florence, 16th century technique: glazed terracotta department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: Sculpture type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Giovanni della Robbia (Italian, 1469–1529/30) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 110.2 cm (43 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage opening date: 1971-10-29T04:00:00 Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 1971-January 2, 1972). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Samuel Mather, Cleveland, Ohio. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Many elite Florentine Renaissance homes had sculptures of idealized young women carrying nature’s bounty, such as this work. The motif stems from a statue by Donatello (about 1386-1466) that towered over Florence’s main public market. At home, however, the sculpture became a talisman for the family’s well-being. Worry about the low birth rate was a serious political matter in Florence, so the sculpture would have stimulated fertility and promoted motherhood, but it also promoted financial success. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 91 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n115 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 91 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n115 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 106 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n126 Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 44, fig. 46 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.343/1940.343_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.343/1940.343_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.343/1940.343_full.tif