Live Auction 16270The Collector: English and European 18th and 19th Century Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Works of Art
A ROMAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
Lot 40 Property from the Collection of Robert and Ellen Gutenstein

A ROMAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE

CIRCA 1815

Closed23 October 2018

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USD 3,750

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A ROMAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
CIRCA 1815
Depicting views the Lucano Bridge in Tivoli, set in a copper bezel
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) high; 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) wide

Specialist note

A nearly identical example in the Gilbert Collection (no. 38, pg. 77, Jeanette Hanisee Gabriel, 2016.) The present view depicted by J.M.W. Turner, and popularized through the etchings of Domenico Pronti and Giovanni Battista Piranesi.