Engraved Venetian Mirror Italy 18th Century

Code :  ANCOSP0101462

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Engraved Venetian Mirror Italy 18th Century

Code :  ANCOSP0101462

not available

Engraved Venetian Mirror Italy 18th Century

Features

Style:  Barocchetto (1720-1770)

Age:  18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Origin:  Veneto, Italy

Material:  Mirror

Description

Mercury mirror engraved with the theme of the Nativity, with the Madonna and Saint Joseph adoring, the ox, the donkey and three cherubs; a frame with phytomorphic and floral motifs. It belongs to Venetian production in the third quarter of the 18th century, as does the frame, with the inner and outer bars carved and gilded.

Product Condition:
The item shows signs of wear due to age. Any damage or loss is displayed as completely as possible in the pictures. It may require restoration and recovery of french polish. Product with a Certificate of Authenticity and Lawful Origin.

Dimensions (cm):
Height: 51
Width: 42

Maximum size (cm):
Height: 59
Width: 49

With certificate of authenticity

Certificate issued by:  Enrico Sala, expert

Additional Information

Style: Barocchetto (1720-1770)

With this term we designate, for what specifically relates to furniture, a part of the production carried out in Italy in the period of time between the Rococo era and the first phase of neoclassicism.
It is characterized by the formal and decorative structure still rigidly adhering to the dictates dear to the Baroque period (hence the term baroque) and to the Louis XIV fashions and yet the new times are captured in the adoption of smaller volumes, more decorative modules. elegant, often directly inspired by French fashion, but always executed with rigorous principles of ornamental symmetry.
The tendency to assimilate formal and volumetric novelties but not to incorporate their ornamental elaboration finds natural explanation in Italy in the fact that in this century the great aristocracy experienced an unstoppable political and economic decline.
If in the previous century there was a great profusion of furnishings destined to adorn newly built homes, to proudly show the power of the client family, in the eighteenth century they rather take care to update the building with only the furniture strictly necessary for the new needs imposed by fashion or functional needs.
The old scenographic apparatus is maintained and the new must not contrast too much.
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Age: 18th Century / 1701 - 1800

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Material: Mirror

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