The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of August 11, 2022

Plate

c. 1540-1544

Italy, Pesaro, 16th century

Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Diameter: 5.1 x 24.8 cm (2 x 9 3/4 in.)

Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.624

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

on back, in blue: "Vulcano Venere et Marte" (Vulcan Venus and Mars).

Provenance
Fontaine; Casa di Clementi; John L. Severance, Cleveland.
Citations
John Long Severance Art Collection Photographs: Furniture, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. Mentioned: p. 285-293; Reproduce: p. 295 archive.org
Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. Mentioned: p. 46, cat. no. 93 archive.org
Exhibition history

Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).

The Triumph of Humanism. Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (organizer) (October 22, 1977-January 9, 1978).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1942.624