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intaglio
Object Type
intaglio
Museum number
1890,0901.84
Description
Intaglio; heliotrope; square; sacrifice; on right, low altar, before a portico; by it stands bull, behind which are two men bearing rods, the nearer holding garland(?) in right hand; behind these advances a youth carrying a patera, bearded man with axe or hammer over shoulder and man and woman side by side. Mounted in a cardboard collar.
Producer name
Made by:
Valerio Belli
(?)
Production date
16thC
(? 18thC)
Production place
Made in:
Italy
(engraved in)
Materials
bloodstone
cardboard
Technique
engraved
intaglio
Dimensions
Length:
0.80 inches
Curator's comments
Attributed to Valerio Belli by DFT and Jeremy Warren and published as such in Howard Burns, Marco Colleareta and Davide Gasparotto, eds., Valerio Belli Vicentino, Vicenza 2000, cat.151, p.357, and illustrated p.245.
Bibliographic references
Dalton 1915 / Catalogue of the Engraved Gems of the Post-Classical Periods in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography in the British Museum.
(831)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
mammal
religious object
sacrifice
flower
arms/armour
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle
Acquisition date
1890
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1890,0901.84
Conservation
Treatment
: 18 Oct 1996