BY ANTONIO DEANGELIS, ROME, DATED 1806

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A Roman micromosaic plaque mounted on a tortoiseshell box**
By Antonio Deangelis, Rome, Dated 1806
The rectangular plaque depicting an Italian landscape with view of Vesuvius in the distance, the copper backing engraved Antonio Deangelis feci in/Roma 1806, set within a silver-gilt frame and mounted into the lid of a tortoiseshell snuff box
The plaque: 3 x 1 7/8 in. (7.6 x 4.7 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Known as one of the best mosaicists active during the early years of the 19th Century, De Angelis is mentioned in a May 19, 1816 entry in the Archivio della Reverenda Fabbrica di San Pietro, where he is listed in the directory as a mosaicist who also worked outside the Studio (D. Petochi, Mosaici Minuti Romani, Florence, 1981, p. 55).

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