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Charger Depicting a Chariot Race

Charger Depicting a Chariot Race

c. 1575
maker

circle of Fontana Family

(Italian)
Diameter: 8.6 x 45.7 cm (3 3/8 x 18 in.)

Did You Know?

The creatures along the rim of this plate are loosely based on the figures discovered on the walls of Roman ruins a century before.

Description

During the Renaissance, an understanding of classical antiquity was perceived to be a sign of social, intellectual, and economic distinction. Scenes from Greco-Roman mythology were prominently featured on maiolica, covering the surface in a style called istoriato (decorated with stories).
  • John L. Severance [1863-1936], Cleveland.
  • John Long Severance Art Collection Photographs: Furniture, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. Mentioned: p. 279; Reproduced: p. 283 archive.org
    Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. Mentioned: p. 46, cat. no. 96 archive.org
    Milliken, William M., Gertrude Underhill, and Jean Mailey. “Department of Decorative Arts.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 29, no. 9 (November 1942): 137–51. Mentioned: p. 148 25141017
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 99 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 99 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 111 archive.org
  • No legacy exhibitions.
    Art and Humanism in the Renaissance. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 23-February 25, 1962).
    Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1942.622