FRAMED MICRO MOSAIC PICTURE, VATICAN MOSAIC STUDIO 1875-1899
Promessi Sposi, the Priest Don Abbondio meets two hired thugs (bravi) along the road
paper label verso: RE FABRICA DI S. PIETRO IN VATICANO / PROMESSI SPOSI/Studio Del Mosaic
24 by 29.5 in.; framed 32 by 37.5 in.; weight 90 pounds
'Promessi Sposi' is an Italian historical novel published in the 1840's by Allesandro Manzoni set in Lombardy during the Spanish occupation of the late 1620's. The mosaic depicts the scene when a priest, Don Abbondio, friends to ill-fated lovers, while walking along a mountain path, encounters two bravi, or hired thugs. The bravi tell Don Abbondio that their master, Don Rodrigo, forbids the marriage between Renzo and Lucia, and they threaten Don Abbondio's life.
See Doyle's, New York auction 6/3/2015, lot 378. Sold for $15,000.
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Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

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