St. John the Evangelist
Mosaic
19th century (made)
19th century (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This is a circular mosaic medallion made by Antonio Salviati in Venice. This mosaic represents head of St. John the Evangelist on gold ground.
Salviati (1816 - ca. 1890) was a lawyer from Vicenza, who became an entrepreneur in glass manufacture, opening his first glass factory and shop in Venice in 1859. In the early years he concentrated mainly on mosaic and glass tiles and in 1866 founded the Venice & Murano Glass & Mosaic Co Ltd. (as Salviati & C) with English capital and the backing of the archaeologist Austen Henry Layard and the antiquarian Sir William Drake.
Salviati (1816 - ca. 1890) was a lawyer from Vicenza, who became an entrepreneur in glass manufacture, opening his first glass factory and shop in Venice in 1859. In the early years he concentrated mainly on mosaic and glass tiles and in 1866 founded the Venice & Murano Glass & Mosaic Co Ltd. (as Salviati & C) with English capital and the backing of the archaeologist Austen Henry Layard and the antiquarian Sir William Drake.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | St. John the Evangelist (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Medallion, mosaic, head of St. John the Evangelist, Venetian, modern (19th century) |
| Physical description | Circular mosaic medallion, head of St. John the Evangelist on gold ground. |
| Dimensions |
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| Object history | Bought for £25 from Dr. A. Salviati. |
| Production | Modern Venetian |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This is a circular mosaic medallion made by Antonio Salviati in Venice. This mosaic represents head of St. John the Evangelist on gold ground. Salviati (1816 - ca. 1890) was a lawyer from Vicenza, who became an entrepreneur in glass manufacture, opening his first glass factory and shop in Venice in 1859. In the early years he concentrated mainly on mosaic and glass tiles and in 1866 founded the Venice & Murano Glass & Mosaic Co Ltd. (as Salviati & C) with English capital and the backing of the archaeologist Austen Henry Layard and the antiquarian Sir William Drake. |
| Bibliographic reference | Inventory of Art Objects acquired in the Year 1864. Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol. 1. London : Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 47 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 797-1864 |
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| Record created | March 25, 2008 |
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