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Lot 325 CLASSICAL STYLE
The hunger of the Grand Tour travellers of the 18th and 19th centuries, educated in the art and architecture of classical antiquity, to return home with souvenirs created a strong industry in a range of artefacts in different materials. The lots offered here epitomise the type of object specifically made for and highly prized by the young aristocrats from the micromosaic plaques to classical sculpture in bronze and marble, these objects emphasise the key components of harmony, simplicity and proportion.
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
The hunger of the Grand Tour travellers of the 18th and 19th centuries, educated in the art and architecture of classical antiquity, to return home with souvenirs created a strong industry in a range of artefacts in different materials. The lots offered here epitomise the type of object specifically made for and highly prized by the young aristocrats from the micromosaic plaques to classical sculpture in bronze and marble, these objects emphasise the key components of harmony, simplicity and proportion.
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A PAIR OF ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUES
BY CESARE ROCCHEGGIANI, ROME, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Closed13 March 2012
Price Realised
GBP 9,375
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Specialist note
A member of a well-known family of Roman mosaicists, Cesare Roccheggiani was active at the Vatican Mosaic Workshop from 1856 to 1864, before establishing his own independent atelier at 125, via Babuino, and then at 14-15 via Condotti, both near the Piazza di Spagna.