A PAIR OF RECTANGULAR PAINTED AND SEASHELL VIEWS OF THE ARCHES OF JANUS QUADRIFONS AND TITUS

A PAIR OF RECTANGULAR PAINTED AND SEASHELL VIEWS OF THE ARCHES OF JANUS QUADRIFONS AND TITUS
ATTRIBUTED TO BIAGGIO VILLARI, 1814
Each composed of numerous different seashells and with a painted background; each in a moulded mahogany frame and under glass; one inscribed across the top 'ARCO DI GIANO QUATROFRONTE' and with paper label to the reverse indistinctly inscribed 'BIAGGIO ...ILLARI ...Taranto dell' anno 1814 appartineva al Sig. D...telmo Fre... nell' anno 1822'; the other inscribed across the top 'VEDUTA DELL' ARCO DI TITO' and with paper label to the reverse indistinctly inscribed 'BIAGGIO VILLARI "a Tarento fecit A. D. 1814" Appartineva 1822 al Si...'; restorations
30 x 24¾ in. (76.3 x 62.8 cm.); 38¼ x 33¼ in. (97.2 x 84.5 cm.) overall (2)