Raphael Profile Portrait Of Valerio Belli

Raphael Profile Portrait Of Valerio Belli Raphael’s portrait of friend and fellow artist, the metalist and gem engraver valerio belli, highlights the relationship between two great renaissance masters. christopher apostle, head of sotheby’s old master paintings new york, discusses this remarkable highlight from the collection of a. alfred taubman: old masters, to be offered in new. The sitter, valerio belli the elder (circa 1468 1546), rome and vicenza, presumably commissioned directly from the artist in 1517, remaining in his collection until his death in 1546; elio belli, vicenza (died 1576, by descent from the above, his father) valerio belli the younger, vicenza, (died circa 1598, by descent from the above, his father).

Profile Portrait Of Valerio Belli Hi Res Stock Photography And Images Raphaels’s portrait of friend and fellow artist, the metalist and gem engraver valerio belli, highlights the relationship between two great renaissance maste. The boijmans collection: discover the stories behind more than 50,000 works of art. In this portrait of valerio belli, raphael seems to indicate, if affectionately, that he is as competent as belli himself in the medalist’s own discipline. although the inscriptions do not identify him, the sitter in the portrait can be identified unquestionably as the celebrated medalist and gem engraver, valerio belli (1468 1546). Plaquette by valerio belli, christ carrying the cross, 1530–50 self portrait medal. valerio belli (c. 1468–1546), also known as valerio vicentino, was a celebrated medallist, gem engraver, goldsmith, who with giovanni bernardi, who was twenty years younger, was the leading specialist in intaglios engraved in rock crystal, a difficult luxury form which belli pioneered.