Footed Plate with the Joint Coats of Arms of France and Brittany

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Footed Plate with the Joint Coats of Arms of France and Brittany

Place of OriginPossibly France

Dateabout 1498-1514

DimensionsH: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Diam.: 9 1/2 in. (24 cm)

MediumGlass, blown, pattern-molded, enameled, gilt

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1932.1

Not on View

Collections

Glass

Published ReferencesSpitzer Collection Catalogue, Vol. III, 1891, p. 101, no. 58.

Godwin, Molly Ohl, "Capolavori Italiani al 'Toledo Museum of Art'," vol. 14, no. 11, November 1952, p. 1143, repr. p. 1141.

Hutton, William, "European Glass in the Museum Collection," Toledo Museum News, New Series, Vol. 6, No. 1, Spring 1963.

Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, 1969, repr. p. 47 (detail) p. 45.

Lanmon, Dwight P., Glass, New York, 1993 (The Robert Lehman Collection, XI), p. 11, 12, no. 4, fig. 1.4, p. 10.

Rochebrune, Marie-Laure de, "Venetian and 'Facon de Venice' Glass in France in the 16th and 17th Centuries," in Page, Jutta-Annette, Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750, Corning, NY, Corning Museum of Glass, 2004, p. 143, fig. 2 (col.) p. 144, det. (col.) p. 145.

Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 76, repr. (col.) fig. 28C, p. 77.

Thorton, Dora, "A Documentary Venetian Renaissance Dish in The British Museum," Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 51, 2009, p. 83, note 29.

Wolff, Martha, ed., Kings, Queens, and Courtiers: Art in Early Renaissance France, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2011, cat. no. 37, p. 94, repr. (col.).

Exhibition HistoryEcouen, Musee National de la Renaissance, Le dressoir du Prince, services d'apparat a la Renaissance, 1995-6, pp. 87-8, 90, cat. 46, repr. (col.).

Art Institute of Chicago; Paris, Grand Palais, Kings, Queens, and Courtiers: Art in Early Renaissance France, Oct. 2010- May 2011, no. 37, repr. (col.) p. 94 (Under the title France 1500: Entre Moyen Age et Renaissance at the Grand Palais).

Label TextThe armorial shield on this footed plate combines the coat-of-arms of Anne, duchess of Brittany (1477–1514) with those of Louis XII of France (ruled 1498–1515). It was probably part of a service made in celebration of their marriage in 1499. Used at the French court, it would have reinforced the importance of the newly formed dynastic connection. Venetian glassware was imported into France in the 15th century, but technical evidence of the vessels from this service suggests that French manufacturers reproduced the Venetian style.