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| Keywords: Master of the Mars and Venus Plaque - Two Priestesses of Apollo - Walters 44139.jpg One priestess is seated on a bench her upper body sharply twisted to the left as she plays a large lyre resting on the bench The other stands in the right background grasping a coiled serpent with open jaws A large buckler rests on the ground in front The source of the design may possibly have been a drawing or a painting inspired by a Roman mural rediscovered in the grotte of Rome ca 1540 1550 technique painted enamel copper cm 4 2 3 3 accession number 44 139 32963 Sale Galleria Sangiorgi Rome April 21 1902 Henry Walters Baltimore 1902 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1902 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Master of the Mars and Venus Plaque Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum Apollo | ||||
