15929997000001312637261000Standard Recordobject-77384170206231703916884042770001702062267223fitz-onlineadlib-object-77384https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/773845c4427dc-4583-3990-ba88-69421e10e6b312personreferenceagent-160752adlib-agent-1607528aa6316a-4aea-37a0-94f1-af69f4610c71Christ Childpersonreferenceagent-154123adlib-agent-1541232fef3fa1-e550-35f4-b4de-2ced0eb2272aVirgin Marypersonreferenceagent-149649adlib-agent-14964994539a8b-dbbb-3f21-8501-c4bf2d8b0190St Josephpersonreferenceagent-156435adlib-agent-156435178d07f2-1335-3d55-a064-7b3bdb752d1dSt Annepersonreferenceagent-152774adlib-agent-152774de99f35f-cc87-3d6f-95a7-70a6d0601039puttireferenceterm-108348adlib-term-108348667e7a19-db33-3d85-bd9b-c2dafd8e02fftin-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-42865adlib-term-4286592be1d50-bb1c-3472-950f-b140ee6cdde9maiolicareferenceterm-107444adlib-term-107444571df7cf-e062-3968-ae5e-bec9d5a82f92C. B. Marlayblue, turquoise-green, yellow, orange, black, grey, and whitereferenceterm-108364adlib-term-108364115b8729-a560-35c1-b654-4b9d2fc5f68bhigh-temperature coloursDecorationreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-23385adlib-term-233854c17df77-7d4e-32bf-8ec9-921b71d218a2religionApplied ArtsMaiolica cover from an accouchement set bowl, painted in polychrome with the Holy Family.Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue, turquoise-green, yellow, orange, black, grey, and white. Circular with a flange on the underside; the upper surface flat with a convex rim.
The Holy Family in an architectural setting; on the rim, bound leaves and berries between concentric yellow bands. On the back, two putti standing on clouds support a shield bearing the arms sable, a fess or, a chief party per pale gules and argent two rosettes counterchanged flanked by the letters `ELI' and `PYA'; below, a winged putto's head. The background is blue above the arms and brown below. The flange and rim are yellow.245referenceexhibition-3305adlib-exhibition-3305534a3247-91a9-398f-abe9-7b419586f568Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe (1500-1800)340referenceexhibition-1610adlib-exhibition-1610ce06b5fd-cb8c-31a1-8be4-bebc8b56e19dSpecimens of Hispano-Moresque and Majolica Pottery exhibited in 1887no cataloguereferenceexhibition-1605adlib-exhibition-160504d3c358-0bef-3d8f-8df5-14f16987ac1bItalian Maiolica in the Fitzwilliam Museumreferenceexhibition-1848adlib-exhibition-18486fcd371a-ed21-39fa-8912-93a6a46066c8The Times of our Lives: Rites of Passageplate 33referenceexhibition-2806adlib-exhibition-28066e1b65bf-b6bc-3f65-8be7-5ea2aab18496Madonnas and Miracles. The Holy Home in Renaissance ItalyMAR.C.60-19121accession numberMAR.C.60-191277384priref77384urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77384https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77384I smaller than L and Y and A joinedon back flanking armsELI PYAinscriptionreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumC.B. Marlay Bequestreferenceagent-149674adlib-agent-149674de1bf9dd-2091-39ca-85f6-41e736f6e32bMarlay, Charles Brinsley191219121912bequeathedFor its possession by Signora Beni and Giuseppe Ranaldi, see Documentation, Poole, 2003, p. 93.1531CE1531circa1531possiblypainterreferenceagent-160384adlib-agent-1603845c6d6814-9356-3ed2-aa15-769c66acb5b6Milan Marsyas Painterpossiblypainterreferenceagent-189937adlib-agent-189937ba703f61-f3e2-3e9b-b254-4d098d09e339Xanto, Francescoafterprintmakerreferenceagent-159002adlib-agent-15900293c9a327-1a2c-3628-ab1d-6a7c039660b0Caraglio, Giovanni Giacomoafterpainterreferenceagent-104194adlib-agent-104194c673ad7d-c2a2-35a4-a7d0-1c7f30185198Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola)From at least the fifteenth century it was customary to give a new mother a little maiolica service to use for meals during her recovery after childbirth. In Romagna and the Marches these became known as 'un servizio da impagliata' because the word 'impagliata' was used to describe a woman during her lying-in. According to Cipriano Piccolpasso (c. 1523/4-79) in I tre libri del Arte del Vasaio, written about 1557, the services usually had five pieces arranged on top of each other: a standing bowl covered by a trencher, a drinking bowl on a foot, and a salt and its cover.
These sets are mentioned in many fifteenth and sixteenth century inventories but apart from a salt in the Victoria and Albert Museum, only bowls and covers appear to have survived. Most of them are decorated with scenes of childbirth, the washing of babies, or women with small children. Others have childbirth scenes from the Bible or classical mythology, or subjects connected with qualities, such as valour, which it was hoped the child would acquire.
The Holy Family on the top of this cover was derived from the 'Adoration of the Shepherds', engraved by Giovanni Giacomo Caraglio after Parmigianino (1503-40). It shows the Virgin Mary, Joseph and a female saint, around the new-born baby Jesus, who is cradled in the arms of a woman who has no halo, and was perhaps a midwife. The reverse is painted with two putti, the family’s coat-of- arms, and the initials, ‘ELI’ and ‘PYA’, said to be for the name of the father, ‘Elisio Piani’, an official of the Monte Pietà in Urbino in early sixteenth-century Urbino. A dish painted with the 'Judgement of Paris' by Francesco Xanto in 1531 bears the same coat-of-arms (Fitzwilliam Museum, C.86-1961).If not painted by the 'Milan Marsyas Painter' this cover was probably painted by Francesco Xanto Avelli da RovigoLabel text from the exhibition ‘Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe, 1500–1800’, on display at The Fitzwilliam Museum from 26 November 2019 until 31 August 2020: Cover depicting The Holy Family from a (lost) accouchement set\nfrom a (lost) accouchement set Recovery from childbirth – the most dangerous experience in most women’s lives – required nourishing food, like sweetmeats or broths. In Italy, these were traditionally served from a maiolica set given to the new mother during her post-natal confinement period, often by her husband. It usually comprised 5 stacked pieces: a standing bowl and cover (that doubled as a plate), a footed drinking bowl, and a salt and its cover. The Nativity scene beautifully painted onto the upper side of this cover (tagliere) was meant to inspire the new mother, who would have looked to the Virgin and St Anne as models ofLabel text from the exhibition ‘Madonnas and Miracles: The Holy Home in Renaissance Italy’, on display at The Fitzwilliam Museum from 7 March until 4 June 2017: This cover is the surviving part of a set of painted ceramic pieces traditionally given by a father to celebrate the safe delivery of his child. The nativity scene includes Mary, Joseph and a female saint; the central figure embracing the new-born Christ has no halo and may be a midwife. The scene is based on an engraving from a design by Parmigianino.referenceterm-120009adlib-term-120009690a6332-cfc1-3411-a716-4dd4ec7d9a6516th Century, second quarter#referenceterm-10618adlib-term-106189ebc0ae1-8cf8-312b-832c-9cf44da02136Renaissancereferenceterm-110708adlib-term-110708ef038505-1555-3c61-b6e2-cadcedf6c42aliteralItalyItalycountryliteralThe MarchesThe MarchesregionUrbinoreferenceterm-39575adlib-term-39575cdf6707a-1eeb-3622-a26b-6e54f1f8d4abtin-glazereferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwareDiametercm19.2Heightcm1.9referencemedia-200525adlib-media-20052559e1eeac-b619-38a0-bf35-bf1818ccaf13jpegaa/aa35/MAR_C_60_1912_1_201601_kly25_dc2.jpg1heightpixels864widthpixels102416162556601321imagejpegaa/aa35/mid_MAR_C_60_1912_1_201601_kly25_dc2.jpg1heightpixels422widthpixels50016162556601321imagejpegaa/aa35/MAR_C_60_1912_1_201601_kly25_dc2.jpg1heightpixels864widthpixels102416162556601321imagejpegaa/aa35/preview_MAR_C_60_1912_1_201601_kly25_dc2.jpg1heightpixels211widthpixels25016162556601321image0media
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imagereferenceterm-107478adlib-term-10747881002e74-5083-37b8-a429-4a303fc40695covercover from an accouchement set bowltaglierehistory noteSignora Angela Beni, San Severino (Marche); given by her to Giuseppe Ranaldi (1790-1854). Alessandro Castellani; Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 28 May 1878, Catalogue des faïences italiennes . . . et de deux pièces de la célèbre porcelaine des Medicis, composant l'importante collection de M. Alessandro Castellani, lot 292; C.B. Marlay before 1887.1referenceobject-76242adlib-object-762424fe95d0f-2c96-3192-8a98-0a11c8c2e24d1reference1term-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishdishreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-3237adlib-publication-3237641efb1b-182f-38f5-ad20-f731e926aca0Catalogue des faïences italiennes . . . et de deux pièces de la célèbre porcelaine des Medicis, composant l'importante collection de M. Alessandro CastellaniPubl. p. 49, no. 340p. 49referencepublication-3222adlib-publication-322246285040-527c-3f90-ae0b-6eaf4d86f6d0Catalogue of Specimens of Hispano-Moresque and Majolica Pottery Exhibited in 1887Publ. pp. 333-5, no. 389; for the printed source, see p. 335, fig. 28pp. 333-5referencepublication-3010adlib-publication-3010e3e61863-a797-3051-8d0a-20288306ca36Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgePubl. pp. 64-5, no. 2764-5referencepublication-3378adlib-publication-3378e4a41d6d-c98c-3959-bcb4-041c12eeb88cFitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, Italian MaiolicaPubl. p. 147 illustrated. Ref. See especially Chapter 4, Maiolica Wares for Childbirth, but there are many illustrations of comparable objects throughout the book.pp. 146-7referencepublication-3396adlib-publication-33961f086d4f-3635-34a1-9650-449561193ba3The Art and Ritual of Childbirth in Renaissance ItalyPubl. p. 93, and pl. I a.93referencepublication-200001832adlib-publication-200001832d1ca394e-d49d-3eec-b9c6-d1d1dc813ca2The Identification of Maiolica from SanseverinoPubl. pp. 32-3, plate 33; front illustrated on p. 33 and back on p. 32. Fig. 12 reproduces the accouchement set cup in Cipriano Piccolpasso, 'Li tre libri dell'arte del vasaio'.32-33referencepublication-8422adlib-publication-8422849d6b11-70f3-3a5b-9261-5930e598885cMadonnas and Miracles. The Holy Home in Renaissance ItalyPubl. p. 213, fig. 7.18, and p. 253, cat. 245p. 213, 253referencepublication-8743adlib-publication-8743a86a8f73-aae5-372c-930d-aa215bd02c9bFeast & Fast. The Art of Food in Europe 1500-1800Ref. For the social background for accouchement sets. The Fitzwilliam's accouchement bowl cover is mentioned on p. 90. Cf. p. 91, fig. 41, a cover decorated with the Holy Family after Parmigianino in the Museo Correr, Venice.59-109referencepublication-200001160adlib-publication-20000116031b6bd04-cece-3a33-9cb9-82b67774b1d7"Delle Impagliate" ossia annotazioni intorno alle maioliche da puerpera cinquecentescheCf. p. 151, pl. 178, colour, a trencher from accouchement set with birth of Hercules. D. 28 cm. (V. & A. inv. no. C.755-1925) and p. 151, pl. 179 colour, a broth bowl and cover with birthing scene, astrologer on right, attributed to Nicola da Urbino, c. 1533-8. H. 9.8 D. 17.9 cm. (V. & A. inv. no. C.2258-1910)151referencepublication-7526adlib-publication-7526ceb92dd4-7854-3192-82d7-ddfa5f0f3dd4Italian Renaissance MaiolicaCf. pp. 62-4, no. 23, three pieces from a later birth set with grotesque decoration surrounding the scenes, attributed to the Fontana or Patanazzi family, c. 1560-80, in the Detroit Institute of Arts, inv. no. 59.124a-c.62-4referencepublication-200002979adlib-publication-20000297961fcf129-2716-3e72-a188-e9dc442fea54Italian Renaissance and Later Ceramics, EntriesCf. pp. 196-7, no. 62, a bowl from an accouchement set decorated with a birth scene and Diana and Actaeon196-7referencepublication-8274adlib-publication-82747be4693f-9344-330a-8733-2ca7558ee846Maiolica: Italian Renaissance Ceramics in the Metropolitan Museum of ArtCf. pp. 230-33, nos. 192-4, childbirth bowls , and covers, no. 195, with different types of decoration. See p. 230 for an illustration of three pieces from a set with childbirth scenes surrounded by borders of grotesques in the Detroit Institute of Arts, (59.124).230-33referencepublication-8915adlib-publication-891553de1acc-24ac-39fd-8418-d4ffc3f13e3bTin-glaze and Image Culture: the MAK Maiolica Collection in its Wider Contextreferenceterm-10618adlib-term-106189ebc0ae1-8cf8-312b-832c-9cf44da02136Renaissanceobject namereferenceterm-110720adlib-term-110720a3c10876-e889-3e8d-a458-73e817c04520coat-of-armsnamed eventreferenceterm-113276adlib-term-11327638dcc195-7e86-3b6d-b46e-666531f4c675The Holy Familyliteralcoat-of-armscoat-of-armsliteralThe Holy FamilyThe Holy Familyreferenceterm-107478adlib-term-10747881002e74-5083-37b8-a429-4a303fc40695covercoverpale buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall, and painted in blue, turquoise-green, yellow, orange, black, grey, and white.referenceterm-120059adlib-term-120059dfa315b5-819d-37ab-ab22-bddfdbb3cbe7tin-glazingThe Holy Familyobject
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