View full screen - View 1 of Lot 22. A pair of Italian micromosaic plaques, attributed to Giacomo Raffaelli (1753-1836), Rome, circa 1800 .

A pair of Italian micromosaic plaques, attributed to Giacomo Raffaelli (1753-1836), Rome, circa 1800

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 EUR

Lot Details

Lire en français
Lire en français

Description

rectangular, after the Antique, inlaid en grisaille (in monochrome) on a blue ground within a rosso antico border, one depicting a draped female with a proffered basin balanced on a fantastic leopard, the other with a female figure clutching a billowing veil whilst she rides a rearing hippocamp, set in later giltwood frames 


(2)


Haut. 20 cm, larg. 29,5 cm; Height 7 7/8 in, width 11 5/8 in 

Said to have come from the collection of Ferdinand II, King of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1810-1859) at Palazzo Rotunda (sic), Naples; 

Purchased in Naples whilst on his honeymoon by George Rennie, brother of John Rennie, designer of London Bridge and the Serpentine Bridge, circa 1860; 

By descent to his great great grandson who sold the present at Sotheby’s, London, Important Silver, Gold Boxes and Fabergé, 9 November 2000, lots 8 and 9. 

A-M Massinelli, Giacomo Raffaelli (1753-1836), Maestro di stile e di mosaico, Florence, 2018, p.215, figs.205-206.