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Roman Peasants at a Well

Picture
1833 (made)
Artist/Maker
Barberi, Gioacchino (maker)
Place of origin
Rome (made)

Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.


Object details

Object type
Picture
TitleRoman Peasants at a Well
Materials and techniques
Micromosaic
Mosaic Glass
Micromosaic
Brief description
Micromosaic picture of Roman Peasants at a Well. Gioacchino Barberi, Rome, 1833.
Physical description
A rectangular picture showing in the centre and right a group of four women and a boy at a well beside a rocky embankment overhung with a tree branch. The central figure of this group holds a jar, while the two women on her left, one standing and one seated, hold a skein and ball of wool. The women look towards the viewer's left at two further figures. The boy fills a vessel from the well spout, a sheep beside his knee. On the left are a man and boy in traveller's dress, the man with his left hand on a walking stick and his right hand held towards the women. The boy stands with his right hand on a walking stick. All are in Italian peasant attire.
Dimensions
  • Height: 42.1cm
  • Length: 69.2cm
Credit line
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Object history
Provenance: Anon, sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 283, 07/04/1977. South Audley Art Galleries, 1977.
Summary
Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
Bibliographic references
  • Alfieri, Massimo, Maria Grazia Branchetti and Guido Cornini. Mosaici Minuti Romani del 700 et dell'800. Exhibition catalogue. Rome: Edizioni del mosaico, 1986, fig. 38.
  • Gonzalez-Palacios, Alvar and Steffi Röttgen with essays by Steffi Röttgen, Claudia Przyborowski; essays and new catalogue material translated by Alla Theodora Hall. The Art of Mosaics: Selections from the Gilbert Collection. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1982. 224 p., ill. Cat. no. 76. ISBN 0875871097
  • Gabriel, Jeanette Hanisee with contributions by Anna Maria Massinelli and essays by Judy Rudoe and Massimo Alfieri. Micromosaics: The Gilbert Collection. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd. in association with The Gilbert Collection, 2000. 310 p., ill. Cat. no. 19, p. 71. ISBN 0856675113.
Other numbers
  • MM 254 - Arthur Gilbert Number
  • 1996.334 - The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House
  • MM 2 - Arthur Gilbert Number
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
LOAN:GILBERT.186-2008

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Record createdJune 19, 2008
Record URL
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