LOT DETAILS

Materials:

white marble mounted with gilded bronze

Measurements:

16.34 in. (41.50 cm.) (height) by 10.63 in. (27.00 cm.) (width) by 9.06 in. (23.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed by Giacomo Raffaelli and dated 1777

Literature:

REFERENCES BIBLIOGRAPHIQUES. A. Gonzales-Palacios, Il Tempio del Gusto, Milan, 1984, vol. I, pp. 143-144. A. Gonzales-Palacios, Fasto Romano, dipinti, sculture, arredi dai Palazzi di Roma, Rome, 1991, pl. LXXV et pp. 229-235). E. P. Bowron et J.J. Rishel, Art in Rome in the eighteenth century, Philadelphie, 2000, pp. 179-181. J. H. Gabriel, The Gilbert Collection Micromosaics, London, 2000

Provenance:

Vente à Paris, Crédit Municipal, le 30 mars 2006, lot 107, vendu 155 000 €