STONE: Marble and Hardstones
STONE: Marble and Hardstones
PROPERTY FROM THE ROSALINDE AND ARTHUR GILBERT COLLECTION
AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC AND MARBLE PANEL OF A PASTORAL SCENE, ROME CIRCA 1875-1900
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December 4, 11:48 AM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Property From The Rosalinde And Arthur Gilbert Collection
AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC AND MARBLE PANEL OF A PASTORAL SCENE, ROME CIRCA 1875-1900
set into a square of black marble, in a square giltwood frame, surface uneven
without frame: 30 x 30cm.; 11¾in.
J. Stolper, New York, 1965.
J. H. Gabriel, with contributions by Anna Maria Massinelli and essays by Judy Rudoe and Massimo Alfieri, Micromosaics: The Gilbert Collection, London, 2000, cat. no. 95, pp. 163-164.
A. González-Palacios, The Art of Mosaics: Selections from the Gilbert Collection, Los Angeles, 1977, cat. no. 90, p.132.
A. González-Palacios, and Steffi Röttgen with essays by Steffi Röttgen, Claudia Przyborowski; essays and new catalogue material translated by Alla Theodora Hall, The Art of Mosaics: Selections from the Gilbert Collection, Los Angeles, 1982, cat. no.101, p.206.
A. C. Sherman, edited by M. Barbara Scheibel, The Gilbert Mosaic Collection, West Haven, 1971, cat. no. II, pp. 16-17.
The subject of this scene is after the Milanese painter and engraver Francesco Londonio (1723-1783), whose prints were often translated in micromosaics. Londonio’s depiction of the farmyard scene includes a man and woman plus a greater number and variety of animals: a donkey, sheep, goats, chickens and a dog, now at the Teylers Museum (inv. no. TvB G 3802).