Watch List notes:

Valerio Belli, The Betrayal of Christ, bronze oval plaquette, c. 1524-5, Christ betrayed by Judas; St. Peter attacking Malchus on the right and behind are soldiers and disciples; signed below, VALERIVS VICENTINVS F, 88 x 97mm (Molinier 270; Bange 773; Kress 7, fig. 355; Bargello 73; Warren, Ashmolean, 232-33), from slightly fractured mould, traces of old gilding, a very fine early/contemporary cast. Provenance: Luc Smolderen collection, Brussels. Cast from the rock crystal original in the Museo Sacro at the Vatican – for which see, Burns, H, et al, Valerio Belli Vicentino, 1468c.-1546, Vicenza, 2000, p. 205; also p. 132, 1 (Lewis) and p. 322, 26 (Gasparotto)).
(600-800 GBP)