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AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
Lot 37

AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE

BY ANTONIO AGUATTI (D. 1846), SIGNED 'A', ROME, CIRCA 1810

Closed6 June 2017

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GBP 16,250

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AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
BY ANTONIO AGUATTI (D. 1846), SIGNED 'A', ROME, CIRCA 1810
circular micromosaic plaque depicting a mother hen and her chicks within a grassy landscape under a cloudy sky, with rocks and plants in the foreground, within a red and white circular tesserae outer border, in later gilt-metal frame
3 in. (77 mm.) diam.

Specialist note

The subject of this micromosaic is after a painting by Johann Wenzel Peter (1745-1829) now in the Vatican Museums. A member of the dynasty of highly successful mosaicists, Antonio Aguatti (or Aquatti) was noted as being one of the most distinguished micromosaic artists of his era. For another mosaic attributed to Aguatti and a note on the artist see lot 34.