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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
An assistant to influential Renaissance designer Perino del Vaga (1501–1547), Luzio Romano is known primarily through the drawings he made for liturgical objects (objects used for public worship), such as this chalice, likely a goldsmith’s design. The foot is decorated with seraphim—the highest order of angels—and nude children below figures of women and pelicans on the base of the bowl, which together allude to the theological virtue of charity. A pelican piercing its breast to feed its young with its blood is also a symbol of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross, fitting for a vessel meant to hold the eucharistic wine.
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Several Line Borders (verso)
Architectural Plan (verso)
Sketches of Five Arms and a Head (verso)
Design for Two Vases and an Ornament (recto); Sketches of Fi
Border Lines (verso)
Design for a Crozier
Design for Two Vases, Two Coats of Arms, and a Bull (recto) 
Design for Two Vases, Two Coats of Arms, and a Bull (recto)
Anonymous, Netherlandish, late 16th century — Design for a C
Anonymous, French, 18th century — Design for Chalice with Ar
Giovanni Battista Foggini — Design for a Vase with a Cross-s
Stefano della Bella|Master of the Blue Wash — Design for a G
Jacques François Joseph Saly — Design for a Vase (recto); Sk
Giovanni Battista Foggini — Design for a Two-Handled Urn wit
Giulio Romano — Drawing of a Ewer in Antique Style
Anonymous, French, 18th century — Design for an Urn
Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 18th century — Design for a Va
Giovanni Battista Foggini — Design for a Vase with Handles, 
Anonymous, British, 19th century — Chalice adorned with Sain
Anonymous, Italian, 17th century — Design for an Amphora