The Giordano Collection: Une Vision Muséale Part II

The Giordano Collection: Une Vision Muséale Part II

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A micromosaic veduta in gilt-brass frame, Biagio Barzotti (1835-1908), Rome, late 19th century

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30,000 - 40,000 EUR

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Description

rectangular, the micromosaic representing a view of Piazza San Pietro with the Vatican obelisk and St. Peter's Basilica, the fountains by Bernini and Maderno to the right, signed: B. Barzotti to lower left, in a gilt-brass frame,


7 1/2 x 13 3 /4 in ; 19 x 35 cm. without frame

Collection Scaringella, Rome.

Biago Barzotti was active in the second half of the nineteenth century; in 1874 his workshop was recorded at 57 via del Vabuino near the Piazza Spagna (J. H. Gabriel, The Gilbert Collection Micromosaics, London, 2000, p. 282; Domenico Petochi, I Mosaici Minuti Romani dei secoli XVIII e XIX, Rome, 1981, p. 47). Signed works by this mosaicist who also held a contract to execute a mosaic of Pope Leo XIII are rare. A micromosaic with three Cardinals is signed Biagio Barzotti RFSP (for the Reverend Workshop of St. Peter's) and dated 1896 (Gabriel, op cit.), proving that Barzotti still worked for the Vatican workshop at this late date. For another veduta of the Piazza San Pietro, at a slightly less wide angle than the present lot, see also Petochi, op. cit., fig. 127, p. 167.

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