The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Covered Cup with Grape Festoon

Covered Cup with Grape Festoon

mid 1500s

copy after Antonio Fantuzzi

(Italian, c. 1510-c. 1550)
France?, 16th century (?)
etching
Sheet: 33.3 x 25.5 cm (13 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.); Platemark: 31.7 x 24.8 cm (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1932.317
Catalogue raisonné: Zerner/1969 54b (A.F.)
Location: not on view

Description

When the French king Francis I (reigned 1515–47) decided to renovate his hunting lodge at Fontainebleau, near Paris, he set the stage for the development of Mannerism in France. In the early 1530s, Francis I successfully lured the Italian artists Rosso Fiorentino (1495–1540) and Francesco Primaticcio (1504/5–1570) to Fontainebleau to participate in its redecoration. The most influential project at Fontainebleau was the long corridor now known as the Gallery of Francis I. Here, Rosso developed an innovative system of wall decoration that combined painting with stucco sculpture in high relief. The type of art that began to flourish under Rosso and Primaticcio in the 1530s is known today as the School of Fontainebleau. The term also refers to a stylistically coherent group of etchings and engravings. Many of these are important records of now lost decorations created at the chateau.
  • purchased from (Goodman-Walker, Inc.)
  • Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97. "Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."
    Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1982-March 20, 1983).
    French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 2-May 16, 1982).
    The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 14-March 31, 1970).
    40th Anniversary Exhibition of the Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 3, 1959-January 20, 1960).
  • {{cite web|title=Covered Cup with Grape Festoon|url=false|author=Antonio Fantuzzi|year=mid 1500s|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1932.317