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| Keywords: Master of the Mars and Venus Plaque - A Hercules Episode - Walters 44141.jpg The scene is difficult to identify On the left is a seated figure designated as ERCVLES which is a type of Hercules that belongs to the glyptics and coins of the 5th century BC The enameller may have copied it from an Etruscan gem The figure on the right getting braced for a fight was possibly derived from another Etruscan intaglio depicting the start of the fight between Hercules and Cycnos the son of Ares ca 1540 1550 technique painted enamel copper cm 4 6 8 accession number 44 141 5112 Sale Galleria Sangiorgi Rome April 21 1902 Henry Walters Baltimore 1902 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1902 ERCVLES place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Master of the Mars and Venus Plaque Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum Hercules | ||||
