The Giordano Collection: Une Vision Muséale Part II

The Giordano Collection: Une Vision Muséale Part II

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A micromosaic and tortoiseshell bonbonniere, Rome, late 18th century

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Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

circular, the lid decorated with a micromosaic plaque representing the equestrian bronze statue of Marcus Aurelius (Capitoline Museum) facing left on a pale grey background, within stamped gilt-metal border, the plain tortoiseshell box with gilt-metal mounts,


Diam. 3 in, height. 1 in; Diam. 7,8 cm, haut. 2,7 cm.

The famous statue of the Roman Emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius who reigned from 121 to 180 is the only bronze equestrian statue of this type surviving from ancient times. Now held in the Capitoline Museum in Rome, the statue was copied and reproduced in different materials, media and scale ever since its creation. The source for the micromosaic in the present lot – omitting the pedestal - was probably an engraving by Nicolas Beatrizet, dated 1548 and now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc. no. 53.600.855) (J. H. Gabriel, Micromosaics, Private Collections, McCarthy, United States, 2016, pl. 72, p. 119). For a seemingly identical micromosaic plaque representing Marcus Aurelius in the same colour scheme, now in a private collection, see J. H. Gabriel, op. cit.

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