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Unknown Maker, Italian

Micromosaic: View of the Forum, Rome

Maker

Unknown Maker, Italian

Culture

Italian

Title

Micromosaic: View of the Forum, Rome

Year

mid 1800s

Medium

  • Glass tesserae on black onyx

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Glass tesserae on black onyx

Materials

black onyx, mosaic glass

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gerard P. Herrick

Object Number

58.172.11D

Type

  • Mosaics

Exhibition History

Pilgrims of Beauty
Art and Inspiration in 19th-Century Italy
Feb 03, 2012 – Jul 08, 2012

Label copy

The variety of Grand Tour souvenir objects, which were often decorated with views of Italy’s ancient ruins and distinctive buildings, increased in the 19th century. Large and elaborate micro-mosaics appeared on furniture, snuff-boxes, and plaques, while smaller ones, such as this group, could be inserted by a jeweler in gold settings to create brooches, buttons, bracelets, or necklaces. The mosaic workshop of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome trained generations of skilled Italian craftsmen in the construction of these tiny vignettes.

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Unknown Maker, Italian
Micromosaic: View of the Forum, Rome, mid 1800s
Glass tesserae on black onyx
Gift of Mrs. Gerard P. Herrick 58.172.11D

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