A Roman micromosaic depicting a landscape
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
A Roman micromosaic depicting a landscape

BY GIOACCHINO BARBERI, ROME, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

细节
A Roman micromosaic depicting a landscape
By Gioacchino Barberi, Rome, First Quarter 19th Century
The reverse of the plaque inscribed G. Barbèri, the velvet-lined presentation box with paper label inscribed GIOACCHINO BARBèRI/MOSAICIST/Piazza di Spgna N. 99/Roma/13741/[N]ova grande
1 5/8 in. x 2 in. (4 cm. x 5.1 cm.)

拍品专文

Gioacchino Barbèri (d. 1857), nephew of famed mosaicist, Michelangelo Barbèri, established a workshop near the Spanish Steps in Rome at 99 Piazza di Spagna. Similar to other recorded works, it is very likely that the present subject was inspired by Claude Lorraine's pastoral landscapes.