Live Auction 3025The Decorative Arts Sale incl. Fine Paintings
An Italian micromosaic panel
Lot 454

An Italian micromosaic panel

ROME, 19TH CENTURY

Closed27 March 2013

Price Realised

EUR 8,125

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An Italian micromosaic panel
Rome, 19th century
Depicting the Forum Romanum, with in the foreground the Arch of Septimus Severus, the Temple of Vespasian and the Temple of Saturn, in gilt-gesso frame
23 cm. high x 31 cm. wide (excl. frame)

Specialist note

A painting by Jean Victor Louis Faure (1786-1879) depicts the Forum from an almost identical viewpoint.
A comparable panel was sold at Christie's New York Oct 17, 2012 - Oct 18, 2012, lot 109 (12,500 USD).