id: 142372 accession number: 1966.19 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.19 updated: 2023-01-11 02:15:39.023000 Dish with a Lion, c. 1430–50. Italy, Florence, 15th century. Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica); diameter: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1966.19 title: Dish with a Lion title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1430–50 creation date earliest: 1425 creation date latest: 1455 current location: 117A Italian Renaissance creditline: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, Florence, 15th century technique: tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Renaissance type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 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 * CMA 1966: "Golden Anniversary Acquisitions" --- PROVENANCE Charles Damiron, Lyon. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This dish is representative of the rustic type of maiolica produced in Italy before 1450. The design is much inspired by contemporary Spanish earthenware. The surface of the dish is painted in a cobalt blue impasto technique known as zaffera a rilevo. Lions frequently adorn wares decorated in this technique and are particularly appropriate as a Florentine motif-they probably refer to that city's lion emblem. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.19/1966.19_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.19/1966.19_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.19/1966.19_full.tif