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A Rare Micromosaic Table, Attributed to Michelangelo Barberi, Rome
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A Rare and Important Micromosaic Inlaid Marble and Giltwood Centre Table.
Attributed to Michelangelo Barberi, Rome.
The circular top with a border of black marble inlaid with red marble stringing and encircling oval vignettes of Roman monuments comprising the Roman Forum, the Pyramid of Caius Cestius at the Non-Catholic Cemetery, the Pantheon, the Forum Boarium with the Fountain of the Tritons, the Colosseum, the Temple of Sibyl at Tivoli, the Twin Santa Maria Churches in the Piazza di Popolo and the Tomb of Caecilia Metella. At the centre is a circular view of St. Peter’s within a black marble band and surrounded by four roundels depicting a lion, two dolphins, a peacock perched on a cloud and an eagle holding a lightning bolt. These represent the classical elements of earth, water, air and fire. They are interspersed with rounds of flowers. The red marble ground is Finnish Red Quartzite which was famously used for Napoleon’s sarcophagus at Les Invalides. The giltwood base has four legs carved with griffins and terminating in lion-paw feet, joined by a scrolled stretcher with central platform carved with an exotic bird.
Italy, Circa 1850.
The art of mosaic reached its highpoint in Rome during the nineteenth century. Mosaicists had been drawn to Rome from Venice in the sixteenth century to undertake the decoration of St. Peter’s Basilica. By the end of the eighteenth century the Vatican Mosaic Workshops had perfected the process to such a degree that strands of glass could be heated with an oil lamp and drawn out into stands as thin as a hair. These strands could be made in a limitless palette of colours, and cut into miniscule tesserae called smalti. These minute tiles would be handled with pincers, like those with which diamonds are taken up, and placed into a marble or metal tray filled with plaster. Once positioned the surfaces is polished and filled between with coloured wax. These minutely detailed mosaics have been termed micromosaics, and in the design of table tops, views of Rome, flora and fauna and classical iconography are popular. The micromosaic panels are often surrounded by marble, as in the present example. Most desirable in the subject of micromosaics are the Italian monuments which are magnificently executed on this table top. Their popularity grew out of the Grand Tour as promoted by the engravings of Piranesi, but large-scale panels executed in micromosaic, such as views of the Roman Forum and of St. Peter’s Square, or table tops such as this, are truly exceptional and were only within reach of the wealthiest collectors.
Michelangelo Barberi (1787-1867) known as 'Cavaliere' is considered the pre-eminent mosaicist of the mid-19th century, revered internationally for the 'truth of perspective, the rich tone of colour and the perfect finish' to be found in the microscopic nuances of his mosaic masterpieces
- Dimensions:Height: 38.19 in (97 cm)Diameter: 42.13 in (107 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:Circa 1850
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Brighton, GB
- Reference Number:Seller: B772301stDibs: LU1028039903082
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