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Belli, Valerio. Mars, Minerva, Venus, and Cupid, early 1500s. rock crystal intaglio, gilded from reverse with gold and silver, backed with lapis lazuli, mounted in a gold pendant, Overall: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.). Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2008.147. CC0.
Mars, Minerva, Venus, and Cupid
early 1500s
Valerio Belli
Valerio Belli (Italian, c. 1468–1546)
European Painting and Sculpture
Mars, Minerva, Venus, and Cupid, early 1500s. Valerio Belli (Italian, c. 1468–1546). Rock crystal intaglio, gilded from reverse with gold and silver, backed with lapis lazuli, mounted in a gold pendant; overall: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2008.147 Lapis lazuli, the stone used in this pendant, was first mined in Afghanistan 9000 years ago.