A VERY FINE MICROMOSAIC OF SHEPHERDS IN A LANDSCAPE, ITALIAN...

Hammer

£9,000

A VERY FINE MICROMOSAIC OF SHEPHERDS IN A LANDSCAPE, ITALIAN C.1820. A particularly good mosaic with very fine detail depicting two shepherds with their flock in a landscape with a hut and tree in the foreground. In a gilt copper contemporaneous frame. Unsigned.

10.5 by 7.8 cm. in frame.

PROVENANCE: From the Private Collection of the Late George Withers (1946-2023)

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The mosaic is in good condition with no damage to the image thought there is a small chip to the glass in the bottom right hand corner. The image within the frame measures 7.4 by 4.6 cm - please see photo of the reverse.