Details
A MICROMOSAIC OF OF ST. PETER'S SQUARE MOUNTED ON A SNUFF BOX
ROMAN, 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular mosaic set into cover of a rectangular red jasper box, with gold mounts, indistinct maker's mark, probably that of Luigi Mascelli (active 1804-1825) and contemporary Rome hallmarks (damages to edge of box) ----- 2.11/32 x 3¼in. (6 x 8.3cm.)
ROMAN, 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular mosaic set into cover of a rectangular red jasper box, with gold mounts, indistinct maker's mark, probably that of Luigi Mascelli (active 1804-1825) and contemporary Rome hallmarks (damages to edge of box) ----- 2.11/32 x 3¼in. (6 x 8.3cm.)
Literature
D. Petochi, I Mosaici Minuti Romani dei secoli XVIII e XIX, Rome, 1981, pp. 238-240 for similar work
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Art of Mosaics: Selections from the Gilber Collection, (exhibition catalogue), Los Angeles, 1982, cat. no. 80 for a similar work
A. González-Palacios, Fasto Romano dipinti, sculture, arredi dai Palazzi di Romani, Rome, 1991, no. 214 for a similar work
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Art of Mosaics: Selections from the Gilber Collection, (exhibition catalogue), Los Angeles, 1982, cat. no. 80 for a similar work
A. González-Palacios, Fasto Romano dipinti, sculture, arredi dai Palazzi di Romani, Rome, 1991, no. 214 for a similar work