File:Clevelandart 2008.147.jpg
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Summary
Mars, Minerva, Venus, and Cupid
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| Artist |
Valerio Belli |
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| Title |
Mars, Minerva, Venus, and Cupid |
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| Description |
Mars, the god of war, chooses Minerva over Venus, goddesses representing Virtue and Vice. The subject was common in antiquity, although the male figure traditionally represents Hercules. The snake passing from Minerva to Mars lionizes wisdom, perhaps indicating that the patron, who has yet to be identified, connected the idea of a difficult choice to a specific military or political problem. |
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| Date | 1500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Rock crystal intaglio, gilded from reverse with gold and silver, backed with lapis lazuli, mounted in a gold pendant | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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European Painting and Sculpture |
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| Accession number |
2008.147 |
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| Place of creation | Italy, 16th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.147 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
| The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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| current | 07:45, 22 January 2019 | | 2,829 × 3,400 (5.87 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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