Banquet of the Gods
Guglielmo della Porta · after 1585
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The artwork, titled "Banquet of the Gods," is dated to after 1585. It is executed in gold, lapis lazuli, and carnelian, measuring 9 5/8 × 5 1/2 inches (24.4 × 14 cm) overall. The Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired it in 1912 through the Rogers Fund, classifying it under Metalwork-Gold and Platinum within their Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts.
The artist, Guglielmo della Porta, is identified as an Italian lawyer born in 1880 and deceased in 1950. No nationality is specified in the artist authority record, but the description states he was an "Italian lawyer." There is no Wikipedia URL or ULAN ID provided for this artist.
No provenance, exhibition history, or literature is supplied for the "Banquet of the Gods" in the catalogue record. The cultural origin of the piece is also not specified. While other artworks by Guglielmo della Porta are listed as comparable holdings, no detailed information about these works or their relation to "Banquet of the Gods" is provided in the supplied data.
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