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Guglielmo della Porta (artist) Italian, 1500/1510 - 1577 Vulcan Capturing Mars and Venus, c. 1553/1555 bronze relief overall (octagonal): 14 x 14 cm (5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.) Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund 1987.9.2 |
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Plaquettes were meant to be enjoyed for intellectual and tactile pleasures. It is easy to imagine owners and their guests passing them to each other and discussing the interpretation of the scenes depicted. Often, as in this example, the subjects were from classical mythology.
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