Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection

Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection

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AFTER VALERIO BELLI (CIRCA 1468-1546) ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY | Intaglio with the Entombment

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