Plate Depicting Christ’s Passion
c. 1510
Painter of the Royal Procession
Painter of the Royal Procession (Italian)
Decorative Art and Design
Plate Depicting Christ’s Passion, c. 1510. Attributed to Painter of the Royal Procession (Italian). Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica); diameter: 29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1943.55 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).
- Maker/Artist
- Painter of the Royal Procession
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
- Medium
- tin-glazed, earthenware, maiolica
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Decorative Art and Design
- Accession Number
- 1943.55
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- No existing exhibition history
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 118 Italian Renaissance
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