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Mars, Venus and Cupid with Vulcan at his forge (the Mantuan Roundel)
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Parcel-gilt bronze with silver inlay integrally cast gilt frame with suspension loop.
Rights: Public Domain
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase The Isaacson-Draper Fund Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions Fund 2021 Benefit Fund Louis V. Bell Harris Brisbane Dick Fletcher and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest Walter and Leonore Annenberg Acquisitions Endowment Fund Charlotte and Alejandro Santo Domingo Michel David-Weill David T Schiff Annette de la Renta Mark Fisch the Hon. Kimba Wood and Frank Richardson Denise and Andrew Saul Beatrice Stern Wrightsman Fellows and members of the Acquisitions Committee Gifts 2022
Title: Mars, Venus and Cupid with Vulcan at his forge (the Mantuan Roundel)
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Parcel-gilt bronze with silver inlay integrally cast gilt frame with suspension loop.
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