Lot Essay
This lot compares to a micromosaic by Giacome Raffaelli The Temple of Sibyl at Tivoli and a Waterfall from the Anichkov Palace, today in the collection of the Hermitage (R. Grieco, Micromosaic Roman, Rome, 2007, p. 151. pl. 372); and a View of Tivoli by Giovanni Morelli in the Gilbert Collection (J. H. Gabriel, The Gilbert Collection, Micromosaics, London, 2000, pp.102-103, no. 47).