Lot 574 | Vatikanische Werkstätten | RARE MICRO-MOSAIC OF THE "MADONNA DELLA SEGGIOLA"
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20.11.2025 - ca.10:55 o'clock
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RARE MICRO-MOSAIC OF THE "MADONNA DELLA SEGGIOLA".
Vatican Mosaic Workshop. Rome.
Date: Beginning of 20th c.
Maker/Designer: attributed to Ludovico Lucietto.
Technique: Polychrome tesserae set in a round frame made of black marble. Later wooden frame, gilded.
Description: The micro-mosaic depicts Raphael's masterful portrayal of Mary sitting on a chair, holding
Christ in her arms. On the right-hand side is John the Baptist as a child, looking up at
them devoutly.
Measurement: Ø micro-mosaic 24cm, Ø framed 35cm.
Provenance:
Southern German private collection.
Literature:
Hanisee Gabriel, Jeanette: The Gilbert Collection. Micromosaics, London 2000. For the motif see comparative example p.127, no.68.
Another version of the popular motif after Raffael exists in the Gilbert Collection, London (LOAN:GILBERT.113:1-2008).
Vatican Mosaic Workshop. Rome.
Date: Beginning of 20th c.
Maker/Designer: attributed to Ludovico Lucietto.
Technique: Polychrome tesserae set in a round frame made of black marble. Later wooden frame, gilded.
Description: The micro-mosaic depicts Raphael's masterful portrayal of Mary sitting on a chair, holding
Christ in her arms. On the right-hand side is John the Baptist as a child, looking up at
them devoutly.
Measurement: Ø micro-mosaic 24cm, Ø framed 35cm.
Provenance:
Southern German private collection.
Literature:
Hanisee Gabriel, Jeanette: The Gilbert Collection. Micromosaics, London 2000. For the motif see comparative example p.127, no.68.
Another version of the popular motif after Raffael exists in the Gilbert Collection, London (LOAN:GILBERT.113:1-2008).
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Stock Id: 81895-1