Lot Essay
According to D. Petochi (I Mosaici Minuti Romani, Rome, 1981, p. 45), Gioacchino Barberi was 'tra i più noti mosaicisti del suo tempo'.
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BY GIOACCHINO BARBERI (1783-1857), SIGNED 'G. BARBERI' (LOWER RIGHT), ROME, CIRCA 1810/1820
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A FINE ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
by Gioacchino Barberi (1783-1857), signed 'G. Barberi' (lower right), Rome, circa 1810/1820
Rectangular plaque depicting a mountainous landscape with a waterfall and rapids, within a plain gilt-metal mount stamped with a stylized acanthus border, set in a gilt-metal mount on a black veneered wood panel with two pierced ormolu anthemion spandrels at the base and with heavy ormolu anthemion surmount
the micromosaic 2 1/8 x 3 in. (55 x 77 mm.) wide
by Gioacchino Barberi (1783-1857), signed 'G. Barberi' (lower right), Rome, circa 1810/1820
Rectangular plaque depicting a mountainous landscape with a waterfall and rapids, within a plain gilt-metal mount stamped with a stylized acanthus border, set in a gilt-metal mount on a black veneered wood panel with two pierced ormolu anthemion spandrels at the base and with heavy ormolu anthemion surmount
the micromosaic 2 1/8 x 3 in. (55 x 77 mm.) wide
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