Plate with Arms of the Pucci Family
Medium
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
Dimensions
3.2 × 19.4 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of John L. Severance
Accession Number
1942.625
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
Italian nobles of the 1500s often expressed their wealth, social status, and sophistication by ordering large sets of maiolica that sometimes carried their coats of arms or even likenesses, usually in profile as in portraits of the period. The Pucci family was a powerful noble household in Renaissance Florence who were at times quite close allies of the Medici, a prominent banking family.