Design (Full-Scale Working Drawing) for a Large Oval Silver Dish with Silver Gilt Border Showing Vulcan's Forge
Attributed to Giovanni Giardini Italian
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Full-scale working drawing for a large oval gilt silver dish with a wide border. The central oval compartment shows a scene of Venus at the forge of Vulcan. the surrounding border is decorated with weapon trophies, close to the well-known designs by Polidoro da Caravaggio, and contains four plaques or insets showing Gods, among which Neptune, Diana, Venus and a third female goddess (possibly in silver or grisailles enamel painting).
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