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Charger with Arms of the Vigeri Family
Giorgio Andreoli1524
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Charger with Arms of the Vigeri Family
- Creator: Maestro Giorgio Andreoli (Italian, 1465?–1553)
- Date Created: 1524
- Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: (F. A. Drey, London).
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.56
- Medium: tin-glazed earthenware with gold and red lustre (maiolica)
- Inscriptions: written in a panel along the outer edge: "W" or "M"; written on the foot: "1524" and "Mo Go" [mark of Maestro Giorgio].
- 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.
- Department: Decorative Art and Design
- Culture: Italy, Urbino region, Gubbio
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Accession Number: 1943.56
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