Details
With two coats-of-arms below a coronet and surrounded by strapwork, flowers, and birds, on a later base
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high, 83 in. (210.8 cm.) wide, 43 in. (109.2 cm.) deep
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The scagliola technique seen in the present lot has been used since Roman times initially to imitate marble and later pietra dura. It is composed of pulverized selenite from the Apennine Mountains in Emilia and Tuscany called lapis specularis or pietre di luna which is then ground down and mixed with lime. This mixture is then placed on to a stone support and inlaid with a composition of colored scagliola and graphite to form the image.
The left coat-of-arms to the center of this panel os for the De Ritiis family of Milan. The coat-of-arms on the right are for the Hauteville family, who had historic ties to Sicily. This panel, therefore, may have been commissioned to commemorate an important event between these two families, such as a wedding.

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