Intaglio of Mars and Venus
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...
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1811
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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.
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CC0
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en
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1
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.1021_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.1021_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.1021_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1021 |
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