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Plate with Arms of the Pucci Family
Francesco Xanto Avelli1532
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 as in portraits of the period. The Pucci family was a powerful noble household in Renaissance Florence who were at times quite close allies of the Medici, a prominent banking family.
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- Title: Plate with Arms of the Pucci Family
- Creator: Francesco Xanto Avelli (Italian, 1487?–1544?)
- Date Created: 1532
- Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 3.2 x 19.4 cm (1 1/4 x 7 5/8 in.)
- Provenance: John L. Severance [1863-1936].
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.625
- Medium: tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
- Inscriptions: signed: F(rancesco) X(anto) A(velli) (da) R(ovigo)
- Fun Fact: A more contemporary head of the family, Emilio Pucci, became famous as a fashion designer in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Department: Decorative Art and Design
- Culture: Italy, Urbino
- Credit Line: Bequest of John L. Severance
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Accession Number: 1942.625
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