Bronze plaque depicting Christ and the adulteress - after Valerio Belli
Date :
1535
Date uncertain
Type of image :
Arts décoratifs
Gilded bronze
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
6x7.5 cm
Storage Location :
1968.27
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
Description
The plate was not originally intended as a cover for a lock. The keyhole was perforated at a later date.
History :
- Signed on the pediment "VALERIUS VI F".
- Former collection of Jacob Hirsch, New York. Sold by Leo Mildenberg (Bank Leu, Zurich) to the Museum in 1968.
- Molded after one of the engraved crystal plaques from the Medici Eucharistic casket.
Textual Sources :
Technical Data
Notice #025535
Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Copyright / Photographer :
Licence CC0 (Creative Commons Zero)
