A ROMAN MICROMOSAIC PANEL DEPICTING THE PIAZZA DELLA ROTONDA WITH A VIEW OF THE PANTHEON

MID-19TH CENTURY

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A ROMAN MICROMOSAIC PANEL DEPICTING THE PIAZZA DELLA ROTONDA WITH A VIEW OF THE PANTHEON
MID-19TH CENTURY
Within a rosso antico border and Belgian black marble surround, within a later gilt-painted frame
The panel: 8½ x 11¾ in. (21.5 x 29.8 cm.)

Lot Essay

In this micromosaic, the 'Piazza della Rotonda' is represented as it was at the height of the 1800s: the fountain, a work by Giacomo Della Porta (1578), is in the centre with an Egyptian obelisk constructed by Clement XI in 1711 and coming from the Iseo di Campo Marzio; in the background the Pantheon constructed by Mario Vespasiano Agrippa in 27 B.C. displaying the two belfries by Bernini (1598-1680) built during the Papacy of Urban VIII and demolished in 1882.

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