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An Exquisite 19th Century Italian Micromosaic of a Hound

An Exquisite 19th Century Italian Micromosaic of a Hound

The mosaic Vatican workshops Rome circa, 1800
Maker's initials F.C. for Filippo Copphi.

The mosaic rectangular, depicting a dalmatian lying in a wooded landscape

Signed with initials F C lower right
Length: 6 cm, 2⅜ in.


Four members of the Copphi family, all working at the Vatican Mosaic Workshop, are listed in Jeanette Hanisee Gabriel, Micromosaics, appendix p. 317. Filippo’s dates are given as c. 1740-50-1818.

 

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