An Italian micro-mosaic picture

BY BIAGIO BARZOTTI, REVERENDA FABBRICA DI SAN PIETRO, ROME, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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An Italian micro-mosaic picture
By Biagio Barzotti, Reverenda Fabbrica di San Pietro, Rome, late 19th Century
Depicting Pope Leo XIII with cardinals Rampolla, Parochi, Bonaparte and Sacconi in the Vatican gardens with Swiss guards in attendance, the Castel Saint Angelo in the distance, signed to the lower right corner B.Barzotti R.F.S.P., the giltwood frame stamped twice P.LAURETI ROMA, with paper label and stamp to the reverse FABBRICA DEI MUSAICI IN VATICANO
The panel -- 6 x 11in. (15.2 x 28cm.), overall -- 12 x 16in. (30.5 x 42cm.)

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Domenico Petochi, Massimo Alfieri and Maria Grazia Branchetti I Mosaici Minuti Romani dei secoli XVIII e XIX, Rome 1981. A similar mosaic by Barzotti is illustrated as figure 52, page 126.

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