Title: Mars, Venus and Cupid with Vulcan at his forge (the Mantuan Roundel)
Object type: Roundel
Date: ca. 1500
Artist: attributed to Gian Marco Cavalli 
Artist bio: Italian, ca. 1454–after 1508, activity documented 1475–1508
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Parcel-gilt bronze with silver inlay, integrally cast gilt frame with suspension loop.
Dimensions: confirmed: 11/16 × 16 9/16 in., 14.2 lb. (1.7 × 42 cm, 6.4 kg)
Height with suspension loop: 18 3/8 in. (46.7 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
Credit line: Purchase, The Isaacson-Draper Fund, Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions Fund, 2021 Benefit Fund, Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Acquisitions Endowment Fund, Charlotte and Alejandro Santo Domingo, Michel David-Weill, David T Schiff, Annette de la Renta, Mark Fisch, the Hon. Kimba Wood and Frank Richardson, Denise and Andrew Saul, Beatrice Stern, Wrightsman Fellows, and members of the Acquisitions Committee Gifts, 2022
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Helmets, term: Cupid, term: Mars, term: Venus, term: Hammers