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| Keywords: Master of the Mars and Venus Plaque - Sacrifice of a Lion - Walters 4450.jpg Two nude bearded men wearing helmets and followed by a third helmeted warrior bearing a shield lead a lion secured by a double leash before a nude man Mars who sits on a rock to the left and is armed with a sword Shrubs and bushes are scattered in the background The plaque could have been inset in a casket which no longer exists ca 1535 1540 late Renaissance technique painted enamel copper cm 7 2 15 6 accession number 44 50 23114 Thewalt Collection Sale Cologne November 14 1903 lot 993 Jacques Seligmann Paris date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1906 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Master of the Mars and Venus Plaque Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum Mars god Animal sacrifice in art | ||||
