Lot 40
40
A ROMAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
Property from the Collection of Robert and Ellen Gutenstein
A ROMAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE

CIRCA 1815

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A ROMAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
CIRCA 1815
Depicting views the Lucano Bridge in Tivoli, set in a copper bezel
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) high; 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) wide

Lot Essay

A nearly identical example in the Gilbert Collection (no. 38, pg. 77, Jeanette Hanisee Gabriel, 2016.) The present view depicted by J.M.W. Turner, and popularized through the etchings of Domenico Pronti and Giovanni Battista Piranesi.

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