CESARE ROCCHEGGIANI, ROMAN, LAST THIRD 19TH CENTURYA SET OF THREE MICROMOSAICS (VIEW OF THE FORUM WITH THE TEMPLE OF SATURN ; VIEW OF ST. PETER'S SQUARE ; BUNCH OF FLOWERS), |

In overall good condition with a few minor scratches and oxidation to the gilt bronze frames. Except from one the applied gilt bronze garlands are missing along the edge of the frames. Very decorative micromosaic medallions, good in all details.
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Little is known of Cesare Roccheggiani before the opening of his shop on Via Condotti in 1874. However, examination of his mosaics suggests he may have worked in Michelangelo Barberi's workshop. He is doubtless related to Lorenzo and Nicolo Roccheggiani, two principle artists at the Vatican in the late 18^th / early 19^th century. A group of his micro-mosaics was exhibited in the 1876 Centennial International Exhibition, in Philadelphia. A large view of St. Peter's Square, signed and dated 1879, was sold by Christie's London, 2 December 2014, lot 109 (GBP290.500).