An Italian micromosaic plaque
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An Italian micromosaic plaque

ROME, CIRCA 1820

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An Italian micromosaic plaque
Rome, circa 1820
In the manner of Poussin, the landscape depicting an Arcadian capricco
2 9/16in. (6.4cm.) wide, 1 5/8in. (4cm.) high
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拍品專文

Micromosaic plaques of a similar comparable nature and size, are sometimes found set in gold and enamel snuffboxes and
other pocket cases.The 19th century tourist or dealer in Rome was able to readily acquire micromosaic works, appealing to their visions of Arcadia, based on the representations orginating from ths school of Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) and Claude Lorraine (1600-82). Their master works were widely copied from the late 18th and 19th centuries.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Jeanette Hanisee Gabriel, Micromosaics, The Gilbert Collection, Philip Wilson Publishers, 2000.
Massimo Alfieri, Maria Grazia Branchetti, I Mosaici Minuti Romani dei secoli XVIII e XIX, Abete-Petochi, Roma, 1981, page 163, pl.121.