id:			123317
accession number:	1943.56
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.56
updated:		2023-01-10 22:11:10.388000

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

title:				Charger with Arms of the Vigeri Family
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1524
creation date earliest:		1524
creation date latest:		1524
current location:		118 Italian Renaissance
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Italy, Urbino region, Gubbio
technique:	tin-glazed earthenware with gold and red lustre (maiolica)
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Maestro Giorgio Andreoli (Italian, 1465?–1553)  - maker

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measurements: Diameter: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	

support materials:


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]. 
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* No existing exhibition history

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PROVENANCE

	(F. A. Drey, London).
	date: 
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


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fun fact:
During the Renaissance, the powerful Vigeri family of Savona, a seaport in northwestern Italy, included numerous cardinals and bishops of the Roman Catholic Church.

digital 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.

wall description:

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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

	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
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n49

	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
	url:		http://library.clevelandart.org/opac/?func=find-b&find_code=OCL&submit=Search&request=48099997

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