Lot Essay
V. Montelatici was active in Rome and Florence during the second half of the 19th Century.
BY V. MONTELATICI, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Details
A large giltwood-framed Italian pietra dura panel
By V. Montelatici, Second half 19th Century
The rectangular panel finely inlaid with a variety of coloured marbles and hardstones inlaid with a picture depicting a young girl fetching water from a fountain, with four companions, and two water-carrying women in the background, a village and hills in the distance, signed to the lower right-hand V. Montelatici, in original giltwood frame, with foliate border
The panel: 44½ in. (113 cm.) wide; 76¼ in. (193 cm.) high
The frame: 61¼ in. (155.5 cm.) wide; 93 in. (236 cm.) high
By V. Montelatici, Second half 19th Century
The rectangular panel finely inlaid with a variety of coloured marbles and hardstones inlaid with a picture depicting a young girl fetching water from a fountain, with four companions, and two water-carrying women in the background, a village and hills in the distance, signed to the lower right-hand V. Montelatici, in original giltwood frame, with foliate border
The panel: 44½ in. (113 cm.) wide; 76¼ in. (193 cm.) high
The frame: 61¼ in. (155.5 cm.) wide; 93 in. (236 cm.) high
Sale room notice
This panel is after the painting by Egisto Ferroni (1835-1912), Alla Fontana in the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Florence. (cf Baboni, La Pittura Toscana dopo la Macchia, p.99 ill.)
The dating of this pietra dura panel should read late 19th/first quarter 20th Century and not as indicated in the catalogue.
The dating of this pietra dura panel should read late 19th/first quarter 20th Century and not as indicated in the catalogue.