The Giordano Collection: Une Vision Muséale Part I

The Giordano Collection: Une Vision Muséale Part I

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An Italian pietre dure panel representing the harbour of Livorno, by the Grand Ducal Workshops, Florence, after a design by Giuseppe Zocchi (1716-1767), circa 1765-1770

Estimate

800,000 - 1,500,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

A pietra dura plaque representing the harbour of Livourne, by the Grand Ducal Workshop, Florence, after a design by Giuseppe Zocchi, mid 18th century

Including chalcedony, Bohemian and Sicilian jaspers, lapis lazuli, rock crystal, cornelian, giallo antico, white marble, alabaster, amongst others, with inscription “S.A.R / FIRENZE”, within its original gilt-bronze frame, the masks added later


Height with frame: 28 1/2 in ; width with frame: 40 3/4 in ; Height without frame: 19 in ; width frame: 31 1/4 in ; Haut. avec cadre : 72,5 cm ; larg. avec cadre : 103,5 cm ; Haut. sans cadre : 48,5 cm ; larg. sans cadre : 79,5 cm

Realized for HH Pietro Leopoldo, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1747–1792);

By repute, the heirs of Nicolò Paganini (1782-1840);

Private European Collection

A. Gonzales-Palacios, Il Tempio del Gusto. Le arti decorative in Italia fra classicismi e barocco. Il granducato di Toscana e gli stati settentrionali, Longanesi, Milan, 2000, tome I, pp. 83-84; tome II, p. 127, fig. 225.


RELATED LITERATURE

A. M. Giusti, L'Arte delle Pietre dure, Le Lettere, Milan, 2005, p.173.

R. Distelberger, Die kunst des Steinschnitts, Kunsthitorisches Museum, Vienna, 200-2003, p. 350.

 


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