拍品 231
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A MICROMOSAIC OF DAWN

细节
A MICROMOSAIC OF DAWN
AFTER THE FRESCO BY GUIDO RENI, BY BARTOLOMEO CHIBEL, ROMAN, 19TH CENTURY

The rectangular plaquette signed in tesserae 'Bartolomeo Chibel f', within bronze mount ----- 1 11/16 x 3 5/16in. (4.3 x 8.5cm.)

拍品专文

The present mosaic is a copy of Guido Reni's fresco of dawn, known as his Aurora. The fresco, datable to the first seven months of 1614 was commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese for his garden loggia in the grounds of his palace on the Quirinal Hill.