BY GASPARE NOBLER (FL. 1842-1858), MARKED, ROME, CIRCA 1840, THE MICROMOSAIC IN THE MANNER OF GIACOMO RAFFAELLI (1753-1836), ROME, CIRCA 1800

There are several examples of this subject, along with micromosaics with similar black and red tesserae surounds, that are illustrated in R. Grieco and A. Gambino, Roman Mosaic, l'arte del micromosaico fra '700 e '800, Milan, 2001, pp. 64, 66, 92, 104 and 106. Further examples of this type of border on micromosaics attributed to Raffaelli are illustrated in J. H. Gabriel, The Gilbert Collection of Micromosaics, London, 2000, p. 56 and in D. Petochi, M. Alfieri and M. G. Branchetti, I mosaici minuti Romani dei secoli XVIII e XIX, Rome, 1981, p. 181, fig. 7, and p. 182, figs. 14 and 15. A micromosaic box with a very similar composition to the present example and attributed to Raffaelli is in the Museo degli argenti Firenze and illustrated in the museum's catalogue, picture 689, (boxes 8-10).