Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
Auction Closed
December 11, 04:05 PM GMT
Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
Lot Details
Description
AFTER VALERIO BELLI (CIRCA 1468-1546)
ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY
Intaglio with the Entombment
inscribed: VALERIUS DEBELLIS · VICEN F·
partially gilt glass
8.5 by 9.5cm., 3¼ by 3¾in.
Inventory, 1949, 'GLASS PLAQUE, oval intaglio inscribed "Valerius Debellis Vicea"' in the Strong Room
The rock crystal oval after which this is copied is in the Museo Sacro of the Biblioteca Apostolica in the Vatican and was acquired by Pope Pius IX in 1855 together with two others and a rock crystal altar cross.
Related Literature
H. Burns, M. Collareta and D. Gasparotto, Valerio Belli Vicentino 1468-1546, Vicenza 2000, p. 203, no. 5.4