RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 27th August, 2021
ANTIQUE 19thC ITALIAN GRAND TOUR MICROMOSAIC & BLACK MARBLE TABLE c.1870
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Micromosaic table top on an ebonised base, the central medallion with a view of St Peter’s Square, surrounded by reserves with views of the Pantheon, Tomb of Cecilia Metella, Temple of Vesta, Forum, Coliseum, Arch of Titus, Castel Sant’Angelo, and Capitoline Hill, with a large grey key frieze along the boarder.
Reference Number: A7262
SOUTH OF FRANCE SEASCAPE BY ALEKSEI VASILIEVICH HANZEN, ACTIVE 1876-1937
Hanzen was a gifted seascape and landscape artist, a grandson of the famous seascape painter Ivan Aivazovski. Aleksei Hanzen studied at the academies in Dresden and Berlin and completed his training in Paris under Tony Robert-Fleury and Jules Lefebvre.
Reference Number: A7259