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| Keywords: Valerio Belli - Intaglio of Mars and Venus - Walters 421021.jpg The exquisite engraving and carving of this agate depicts the Olympian lovers Mars and Venus with the elegant elongated bodies characteristic of mid-16th-century Italian art The style is close but not identical to that of Valerio Belli 1568-1546 of Vicenza one of the great carvers of gems and rock crystal plaques of his day The gold mount is modern; however it is possible that the gem was originally mounted as a ring It could also have been appreciated as a jewel by itself ca 1540 1560 Renaissance agate with modern gold mount cm 5 9 3 5 accession number 42 1021 1811 Henry Walters New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Sadie Jones Mrs Henry Walters New York 1931 by inheritance Sale Joseph Brummer New York 1942 Walters Art Museum 1942 by purchase Museum purchase 1942 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 place of origin north Italy Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Valerio Belli Venus and Mars Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
