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Cylindrical Storage Jar: Venus on the Sea Shore

c. 1507–10

Italy, Faenza, 16th century

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
Diameter: 29.8 x 18.9 cm (11 3/4 x 7 7/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1940.12
Location: Not on view

Description

The scene depicted on this vessel, the goddess Venus emerging from the sea and drying her hair, is based on an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi dated September 11, 1506.
  • Pringsheim, Alfred, Annette von Eckardt, and Otto von Falke. Die Majolikasammlung Alfred Pringsheim in München. [Leiden]: A.W. Sijthoff, 1914. Reproduced: plate 50, cat. no. 85a
    Sotheby & Co., London. Catalogue of the Renowned Collection of Italian Majolica: The Property of Dr. Alfred Pringsheim of Munich, the Second and Final Portion. July 19-20, 1939. Mentioned: p. 99, cat. no. 332; Reproduced: [opposite page 99], cat. no. 332
    Milliken, William. "Italian Majolica." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 27, no. 3 (March 1940): 32-25. Mentioned: p. 33; Reproduced: p. 39 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 218 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 89 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 89 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 103 archive.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 40, fig. 42
    Falke, Otto von. Le Maioliche Italiane della Collezione Pringsheim. [Ferrara?]: Belriguardo Arte,1994. Reproduced: plate 50
  • CMA 1982:" The World of Ceramics," p.40
    CMA 1956:" The Venetian Tradition," p.43.
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