An Italian micromosaic panel, Rome, mid 19th century

rectangular, depicting Aurora, after Guido Reni (1575-1642), Dawn preceding the chariot of Helios, within a black painted border, unsigned but possibly by Lorenzo Cassio,  later giltwood frame

Mosaic in good conditon. Some ripples, light scratching and flaws in black paint.
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The original vast ceiling fresco by Guido Reni (1575-1642) is in the Pallavicini-Rospigliosi Palace in Piazza Monte Cavallo, Rome. A micromosaic panelof the subject, circa 1870, mounted in a gold bracelet, is now in the Gilbert Collection, (Jeanette Hanisee Gabriel, Micromosaics, The Gilbert Collection, 2000, no. 188). According to the author, micromosaics after Aurora can be found in several versions, two in private collection in Los Angeles, and one in the Hammond Museum, New York State. Although Luigi Moglia is credited with a version, this example is very close in detail to a plaque signed by Lorenzo Cassio (sale, Christie's New York, 15 September 1991, lot 71).