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It was probably cast from a bronze relief as bronze versions of the same subject exist. Both the glass cast and the bronzes are probably reproductions of an original rock crystal intaglio (a carving hollowed out of the surface)  by Valerio Belli (lived about 1468-1546).   \r\n\r\nBelli was a famous engraver of hardstones and gems, in particular rock crystal. He spent the most important part of his career in Rome working at the papal court under two successive popes. He also worked in Vicenza, his native city. He is particularly celebrated as an engraver of rock crystal, and many casts in bronze exist of his engravings.","physicalDescription":"'A Sacrifice to Flora', intaglio in Venetian glass paste with silver mounting.  A draped female figure pours a libation at an altar behind which grows a small tree.  Behind her are four women draped and walking to the right; the first is playing cymbals, the second (forming the central figure of the composition) bears a basket of grapes on her head, the third carries a wand or thyrsus, and the fourth is looking back.  In the background and arcade supported on four columns and decorated.  The silver mount has a twisted moulding on the edge.  Broken and chipped, the ring of the silver mount has broken off.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Belli, Valerio","id":"A10938"},"association":{"text":"after","id":"THES283471"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"glass","id":"AAT10797"},{"text":"silver","id":"AAT11029"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Venetian glass paste with silver mounting","categories":[{"text":"Sculpture","id":"THES48896"},{"text":"Glass","id":"THES48946"},{"text":"Artists' multiples","id":"THES48991"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SCP","id":"THES48600"},"images":["2006AM4362","2009CB7440","2006AE3898","2017KB4922","2021NB8291"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"62 (VA)","id":"THES49739"},"free":"","case":"CA7","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Intaglio","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Italy","id":"x28927"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1500-1550","earliest":"1495-01-01","latest":"1550-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"A.480-1910","id":"O129310"},"association":"Version"},{"object":{"text":"953-1904","id":"O176785"},"association":"Version"}],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"6.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"0.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Weight","value":"0.04","unit":"kg","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Measured for the Medieval and Renaissance Galleries","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Purchased from M. Stora & Co.\n\nHistorical significance: Probably moulded from an impression of a hardstone intaglio engraving by Valerio Belli.  Kris describes this version incorrectly as 'chalcedony', a description which has persisted elsewhere, eg Bargello catalogue.  Exists in Tassie's casts (no. 8410).   For two bronze plaquettes of the same image see Burns et al, 2000.  One of a group of images of the same subject after Valerio Belli, this intaglio has similarities to the Museum's gilt bronze plaquette (A.480-1910).","historicalContext":"Shows how images known from engraved gems and hardstones persisted and often appeared again, in form of glass casts, bronze plaquettes and small reliefs.","briefDescription":"'A Sacrifice to Flora', intaglio in Venetian glass paste with silver mounting, School of Valerio Belli, Italy, 16th century","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Kris, E, <u>Meister und meisterwerke der steinschneidekunst in der Italieneschen Renaissance</u>, Vienna, 1929 (reprinted 1979), p. 164, no. 207"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Toderi, G & F V <u>Placchette secoli XV-XVIII nel Museo Nazionale del Bargello</u>, Florence, 1996, p. 45, no. 68"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Raspe, R E, <u>A Descriptive Catalogue of...Ancient and Modern Engraved Gems...by James Tassie, Modeller</u>, London, 1791, no.8410"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Burns, H, Collareta, M, Gasparotto, D, <u>Valerio Belli Vicentino 1468c.-1546</u>, Vicenza, 2000, p. 345, no. 104"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"women","id":"AAT25943"},{"text":"cymbals","id":"AAT41897"},{"text":"basket","id":"AAT194498"},{"text":"batons (symbols of office)","id":"AAT212148"},{"text":"temples","id":"AAT7595"},{"text":"altars","id":"AAT3725"},{"text":"trees","id":"AAT132410"},{"text":"mantles","id":"AAT212298"},{"text":"columns","id":"AAT1571"}],"contentConcepts":[{"text":"sacrifice","id":"x36235"}],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["A.17-1921"],"accessionNumberNum":"17","accessionNumberPrefix":"A","accessionYear":1921,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2016JF4900","2019LV0181","2019LW2168"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"2004-02-23","availableToBook":false}}