Lot 215
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PROPERTY FROM A SOUTHERN FLORIDA PRIVATE COLLECTION
A ROMAN MICROMOSAIC PANEL DEPICTING JESUS CHRIST

AFTER GUIDO RENI, BY ROMOLO SELLINI, VATICAN MOSAIC WORKSHOP, ROME, CIRCA 1920

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A ROMAN MICROMOSAIC PANEL DEPICTING JESUS CHRIST
AFTER GUIDO RENI, BY ROMOLO SELLINI, VATICAN MOSAIC WORKSHOP, ROME, CIRCA 1920
Signed R. Sellini, the reverse inscribed Romolo Sellini, with Vatican Mosaic Workshop label
27¼ x 22½ in. (69.2 x 57 cm.)

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Romolo Sellini is recorded as one of six chief artists employed at the Vatican Mosaic Workshop from 1920-1925. Among his known works is an altar mosaic depicting Christ of the Sacred Heart appearing to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, which was commissioned in 1920 for St. Peter's Basilica.

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