South African Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts
Live Auction, 6 February 2012
Part 2 - Jewellery & Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 14 482
About this Item
Rome, Italy
Italian micro mosaic plaque, Luigi Cavaliere Moglia (fl1823-1878)
rectangular black marble with canted corners, the micro mosaic depicting a seated spaniel, the reverse with mother-of-pearl, signed with initials L M, 4.2cm wide
Notes
Luigi Moglia became one of the most esteemed mosaicists in Rome. His workshop was located in 1856 at 134 via Babuino, Rome, subsequently moving to 42 via de Cestari in 1878. Among his earliest known works is a portrait miniature of Pope Gregory XVI (1831-1846), now in the Hermitage, St Petersburg. Moglia was awarded a gold medal at the Great Exhibition in London 1851 for his Temple of Paestum. There are two further examples of his work in The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection now in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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