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Picture

ca. 1860 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
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

Category
Metalwork
Object type
Picture
Materials and techniques
Micromosaic on Belgian marble support, giltwood
Mosaic Glass
Marble
Micromosaic
Framing
Brief description
Flower picture. One of a pair. Micromosaic. Rome, 1860
Physical description
Micromosaic picture depicting a vase of flowers including daffodils, lilies, morning glory, peonies, roses, stock, and tulips. The vase rests on a thin rectinlinear slab, which appears to be floating on a black marble ground; one of a pair, unframed
Dimensions
  • Height: 50.7cm
  • Width: 40.5cm
Credit line
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Object history
Provenance: Sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 March 1996, lot 166.
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.
Associated object
LOAN:GILBERT.1067-2008
Bibliographic references
  • 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. 91, p. 159-60. ISBN 0856675113.
  • 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. 99. ISBN 0875871097
  • Petochi, Domenico et al. I mosaici minuti romani dei secoli XVIII e XIX. Rome: A.B.E.T.E. c. 1981, p. 49.
  • Difederico, Frank. The Mosaics of Saint Peter's: Decorating the New Basilica. University Park; London: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1983, p. 152.
Other numbers
  • MM 305B - Arthur Gilbert Number
  • 1999.20 - The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House
  • MM 19 - Arthur Gilbert Number
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
LOAN:GILBERT.1074-2008

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Record createdJune 19, 2008
Record URL
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