26F Workshop of Giorgio Andreoli. Lustered armorial plate with border
of foliate scrollwork and grotesques, 1524. Tin-glazed earthenware,
Diam: 36 cm (14/8 in.). Galerie Moatti, Paris.
26 c Workshop of Giorgio Andreoli. Lustered armorial plate with border
of foliate scrollwork and trophies, 1524. Tin-glazed earthenware,
Diam: 38.5 cm (15 lA in.). Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Museum of Art,
inv. 1943.56.(fig. 2 6H).^10 The rims on all six of the remaining Vegerio
plates display a remarkable amount of invention and
variety given their otherwise simple and circumscribed
design. No two rims are alike but, rather, modify and re-
combine the motifs, with some of the plates—those in
cluding dolphins and grotesque animals—appearing
more finely rendered and others—with trophies—less so.
Marco Vegerio is one of the several noteworthy
members of this family. Born in Savona in 1446, Vegerio
was a cardinal bishop, learned humanist, and grand-
nephew of Francesco della Rovere (who became Pope Six-
tus IV in 1471). He died in 1516 and so could not have
been the owner of this service, which might have be
longed to his nephew, Stefano Vegerio (d. 1570). Stefano,
a writer, moved from Savona to Perugia, near Gubbio,
early in his career, when he was named Vice-Treasurer of
Perugia by the pope and Count Palatine of the Lateran by
his uncle. His wife, Caterina Gastodengo, was likewise
notable as an illustrious woman of letters.^11154 Lustered Armorial Plate