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
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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
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culture:	Italy, Florence, 15th century
technique:	tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Renaissance
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Diameter: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage
	opening date:   1971-10-29T04:00:00
	<i>Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 1971-January 2, 1972).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1966: "Golden Anniversary Acquisitions"

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PROVENANCE

	Charles Damiron, Lyon.
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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.
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