拍品专文
The five plaquettes embedded in the casket bear no relation to each other in terms of iconography or artist. The plaquette on the lid of the casket is of a lion hunt after a model by Valerio Belli (circa 1468-1546); the others, respectively, are a plaquette of Julius Caesar; Virtue Uncovered by Vice, after a model by the Pseudo-Fra Antonio da Brescia (active c. 1487-1514), which is based compositionally on an engraving by Benedetto Montagna; a Cacus Stealing the Oxen of Hercules after Moderno; and an allegorical scene, possibly depicting Bacchus and Ariadne, after a model by the Master IO.F.F..
Although many plaquettes of this type had particular uses, for example for inserting in the pommel of the hilt of a sword, they have always been of interest to the cultivated collector. However, placing them into a casket in this way is unusual, showing an imaginative use of the plaquettes for a decorative purpose.
Although many plaquettes of this type had particular uses, for example for inserting in the pommel of the hilt of a sword, they have always been of interest to the cultivated collector. However, placing them into a casket in this way is unusual, showing an imaginative use of the plaquettes for a decorative purpose.