AFTER WENCESLAUS PETER, CIRCA 1830

Details

A FRAMED MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
AFTER WENCESLAUS PETER, CIRCA 1830
Depicting a cat and dog fight, within a gilt metal frame with suspension ring
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high; 3 3/8 in. (8.4 cm.) wide (including frame)

Provenance

Acquired from MS Rau Antiques, New Orleans, Louisiana; May 2015.

Sale Room Notice

Please note the frame is gilt-metal, not gold as is stated in the printed catalogue.

Lot Essay

The source for this scene is attributable to Wenceslaus Peter (1742-1829), a popular animal painter who worked in Rome. Two examples based on the same source at the Victoria & Albert Museum are illustrated in Jeanette Hanisee Gabriel, Micromosaics Private Collections, 2016, figs. 13 and 115.

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