拍品 27
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AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE

CIRCA 1860

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AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
CIRCA 1860
Rectangular, depicting St. Peter's Square, apparently unsigned; in a later leather and gilt frame
The mosaic 4 in. (10.2 cm.) long, the frame 10½ in. (26.6 cm.) long

拍品專文

The large elliptical square of St. Peter's was designed by Bernini (1598-1680) under Alexander VII and Clement IX. In the centre is the obelisk that Caligula had transported from Egypt and which was raised on the Square by Sixtus V in 1586. The presence of the four large lamps added around the obelisk in 1852 place this micromosaic after that date.