Cleveland Museum of Art
Plate Depicting Christ’s Passion
Painter of the Royal ProcessionLinkedCulture matchlcp-2c815435bceb
- Date
- c. 1510
- Medium
- tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
- Culture
- Italy, Florentine region, Cafaggiolo
- Department
- Decorative Art and Design
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 123306
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
The painted scenes on this plate depicting the Passion of Christ include the betrayal of Jesus by his disciple Judas (right); the arrest and condemnation by the Jews (left); the bearing of the cross (top); the Crucifixion (middle); and the resurrection (bottom). At least one of the scenes (the condemnation or the Scourging at the Pillar) is based on a Florentine woodcut from the devotional writings of Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498). During the Renaissance, scenes from the Christian Bible were prominently featured on maiolica, covering the surface in a style called istoriato (decorated with stories).
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- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Provenance
- until 1942: Alfred Beit Collection (Sotheby's, London, 16 October 1942, lot #23) | (F. A. Drey, London)
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