Butchoff

Medium / Material

Marble, wood

Dimensions

133.00cm wide   75.00cm high   70.00cm deep (52.36 inches wide  29.53 inches high  27.56 inches deep)

Description

The ebonised mahogany and giltwork frame incorporating an Italian scagliola tablet depicting Guido Reni’s ‘Aurora’ painting on the ceiling of the Casino dell’Aurora, in the Palazzo Pallavinci- Rospigliosi in Rome, executed in 1614, is widely regarded as his masterpiece. An Englishman making the ‘Grand Tour’, an essential element of a gentleman’s education in the late Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries would have viewed this work as part of the prerequisites of a journey to Rome, and this memorable image would have returned as one of his Grand Tour Souveniers.

Current Condition

Excellent