COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1940.343
AMICA Library Year:
2001
Object Type:
Sculpture
Creator Name:
Robbia, Giovanni della
Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Italian
Creator Role:
artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1469 - 1529 (?)
Gender:
M
Creator Name-CRT:
Giovanni della Robbia
Title:
Figure of Dovizia (Plenty)
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
c. 1520-1529
Creation Start Date:
1520
Creation End Date:
1529
Materials and Techniques:
polychromed terra cotta
Dimensions:
Overall: 110.2cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1940.343
Credit Line:
Gift of S. Livingstone Mather, Constance Mather Bishop, Philip R. Mather, Katherine Hoyt Cross, and Katherine Mather McLean in accordance with the wishes of Samuel Mather
Provenance:
Samuel Mather, Cleveland, Ohio.
Context:
The inspiration for this figure appears to be a famous over life-sized stone statue of Dovizia by the sculptor Donatello (ca. 1386-1466). Until the eighteenth century, Donatello's sculpture stood above a granite column in the Mercato Vecchio (today the Piazza Vittorio Emmanuele), a major square of Florence. Della Robbia, who worked primarily in terracotta (fired clay), probably adapted Donatello's original sculpture for domestic use. Another Dovizia figure that survives today includes an inscription: GLORIA ET DIVITIE IN DOMO TUA (May honor and riches be within thy house). Dovizia always appears as an idealized young woman bringing the bountiful gifts of nature to the market -- a welcome personification of abundance.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1940.343.tif
