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| Keywords: Valerio Belli - Plaque with the Adoration of the Shepherds - Walters 4185.jpg Valerio Belli is the first great engraver of rock crystal and other semiprecious stones of the Renaissance The subject of this plaque is Christian indeed the shape suggests a freestanding devotional work but the firm athletic precisely modeled bodies reflect Belli's admiration of the aesthetics of classical pagan antiquity The artist has signed his name in Latin on the Roman-style pedestal base of a broken column behind St Joseph With great virtuosity Belli has defined the perspective of the simple roof with a vanishing point behind the column creating a deep space behind the frieze-like arrangement of the figures ca 1530 1546 Renaissance rock crystal gilded copper frame cm 11 5 8 accession number 41 85 37168 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Valerio Belli Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Rock crystal objects Adoration of the Shepherds | ||||
