A framed Roman micromosaic panel depicting St. Peter's Square
A framed Roman micromosaic panel depicting St. Peter's Square

SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

細節
A framed Roman micromosaic panel depicting St. Peter's Square
Second half 19th Century
The oblong reserve within a Belgian black marble setting with concaved corners, within a foliate-carved giltwood frame
The panel: 8¼ x 16 1/8 in. (21 x 41 cm.)

拍品專文

Please see lot 368 for a note on St. Peter's Square. The presence of the four large lamps surrounding the central obelisk date the present micromosaic to after 1852, when the lighting was added to the Square.