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Micromosaici con vedute di Roma in asta a Londra da Christie’s

LOT 576 AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PICTURE OF THE FORUM ROME, CIRCA 1860-1880 Depicting to the centre the Temple of Saturn, fanked by the Arch of Septimius Severus, the Temple of Vespasian and Titus and the church of Santi Luca e Martin in the background 32o x 60Ω in. (82 x 153.5 cm.) £150,000–250,000 $200,000–330,000 €170,000–280,000
LOT 574 AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PICTURE OF THE COLOSSEUM ROME, CIRCA 1860-1880 21o x 38Ω in. (54 x 97.8 cm.) £50,000–80,000 $66,000–110,000 €56,000–89,000
LOTTO 574
AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PICTURE OF THE COLOSSEUM ROME, CIRCA 1860-1880
21o x 38Ω in. (54 x 97.8 cm.)
£50,000–80,000
€56,000–89,000

Micromosaici con vedute di Roma in asta a Londra da Christie’s.

The Collector: Silver,19th Century Furniture, Sculpture & Works of Art, asta che si terrà da Christie’s a Londra il prossimo 16 novembre, vedrà all’incanto quattro lotti molto particolari.

Si tratta di quattro vedute di Roma realizzate tra la metà e la fine del XIX secolo a micromosaico. Questa tecnica, che ha origine all’interno dello Studio Vaticano del Mosaico della veneranda Fabbrica di San Pietro, un cantiere dove si formano i mosaicisti che decorano o restaurano gli interni della basilica di San Pietro, andò a sostituire i tradizionali intarsi in legno, avorio e pietre dure.

Entrato nel fiorente commercio romano del souvenir, il micromosaico incantò gli stranieri, in visita in Italia per il Grand Tour, e attirò i collezionisti più esigenti.

I lotti presentati a Londra includono sia grandi viste uniche, del Colosseo o dei Fori Romani, sia un pregiatissimo tavolo sul cui piano ritroviamo otto tra gli scorci più caratteristici della città.

LOT 575 AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC AND GILTWOOD CENTRE TABLE ROME, CIRCA 1850-1880 The top centred by a roundel depicting the Doves of Pliny, surrounded by eight panels depicting the Pantheon, the Tiber and the Castel Sant’Angelo, the Arch of Titus, the Temple of Vespasian in the Roman Forum, St. Peter’s Square, the Colosseum the Temple of Vesta and the Capitoline Hill, within a Greek key border and malachite double-banding, on a giltwood tripartite stand carved with putti holding garlands 27o in. (69 cm.) high; 30 in. (76 cm.) diameter, the top £40,000–60,000 $53,000–79,000 €45,000–67,000
LOTTO 575
AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC AND GILTWOOD CENTRE TABLE ROME, CIRCA 1850-1880
The top centred by a roundel depicting the Doves of Pliny, surrounded by eight panels
depicting the Pantheon, the Tiber and the Castel Sant’Angelo, the Arch of Titus, the Temple
of Vespasian in the Roman Forum, St. Peter’s Square, the Colosseum the Temple of Vesta
and the Capitoline Hill, within a Greek key border and malachite double-banding, on a
giltwood tripartite stand carved with putti holding garlands 27o in. (69 cm.) high; 30 in. (76
cm.) diameter, the top
£40,000–60,000
€45,000–67,000
LOT 576 AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PICTURE OF THE FORUM ROME, CIRCA 1860-1880 Depicting to the centre the Temple of Saturn, fanked by the Arch of Septimius Severus, the Temple of Vespasian and Titus and the church of Santi Luca e Martin in the background 32o x 60Ω in. (82 x 153.5 cm.) £150,000–250,000 $200,000–330,000 €170,000–280,000
LOT 576
AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PICTURE OF THE FORUM ROME, CIRCA 1860-1880
Depicting to the centre the Temple of Saturn, fanked by the Arch of Septimius Severus, the
Temple of Vespasian and Titus and the church of Santi Luca e Martin in the background 32o
x 60Ω in. (82 x 153.5 cm.)
£150,000–250,000
$200,000–330,000
€170,000–280,000
LOT 573 AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PICTURE OF THE FORUM ROME, CIRCA 1860-1880 Depicting the Temple of Vespasian and Titus between the Arch of Septimius Severus and the Temple of Saturn 17æ x 28o in. (45.3 x 71.5 cm.) £30,000–50,000 $40,000–66,000 €34,000–56,000
LOT 573
AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PICTURE OF THE FORUM ROME, CIRCA 1860-1880
Depicting the Temple of Vespasian and Titus between the Arch of Septimius Severus and
the Temple of Saturn 17æ x 28o in. (45.3 x 71.5 cm.)
£30,000–50,000
$40,000–66,000
€34,000–56,000

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