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Charger Depicting a Boar Hunt

Charger Depicting a Boar Hunt

c. 1575
maker

circle of Fontana Family

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

Did You Know?

In the centuries leading up to the Renaissance, boar hunting was an activity reserved for royalty and the aristocracy.

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. 281 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. 97 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
  • Collecting Drawings in England. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1987-January 17, 1988).
    No legacy exhibitions.
    Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30-November 13, 1949).
    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/1942.623