TWO ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUES
ONE BY BIAGIO BARZOTTI (FL. C. 1835-1908), ROME, CIRCA 1850-1875
One rectangular plaque depicting a shepherd and two shepherdesses in the Roman countryside, the man seated and playing the flute, the two women listening, one holding a spindle, the other a wool carding tool, with a partial label to the reverse of the plaque inscribed 'BARZOTTI/ [MOSAI]CISTA/ [RO]MA/ ... 450 no 57/... 2 Eposizioni' , mounted in a giltwood frame; the other oval plaque depicting a view of the Roman Forum, with the arch of Septimus Severus, three columns from the Temple of Vespasian, The Temple of Saturn and the Column of Phocas beyond, within a spreading Belgian black marble border and an rectangular architectural ebonized frame with a standing support to the reverse
The shepherds: 6 ½ x 7 ¼ in. (16.5 x 18 cm.) the plaque; 10 ½ x11 in. (26.7 x 28 cm.), including frame
The Roman lanscape: 5 x 6 ¼ in. (12.7 x 15.5 cm.) the plaque; 10 ¼ x 11 ¾ in. (26 x 30 cm.), including frame
TWO ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUES
ONE BY BIAGIO BARZOTTI (FL. C. 1835-1908), ROME, CIRCA 1850-1875
One rectangular plaque depicting a shepherd and two shepherdesses in the Roman countryside, the man seated and playing the flute, the two women listening, one holding a spindle, the other a wool carding tool, with a partial label to the reverse of the plaque inscribed 'BARZOTTI/ [MOSAI]CISTA/ [RO]MA/ ... 450 no 57/... 2 Eposizioni' , mounted in a giltwood frame; the other oval plaque depicting a view of the Roman Forum, with the arch of Septimus Severus, three columns from the Temple of Vespasian, The Temple of Saturn and the Column of Phocas beyond, within a spreading Belgian black marble border and an rectangular architectural ebonized frame with a standing support to the reverse
The shepherds: 6 ½ x 7 ¼ in. (16.5 x 18 cm.) the plaque; 10 ½ x11 in. (26.7 x 28 cm.), including frame
The Roman lanscape: 5 x 6 ¼ in. (12.7 x 15.5 cm.) the plaque; 10 ¼ x 11 ¾ in. (26 x 30 cm.), including frame
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