{"id":25572,"date":"2026-06-29T15:47:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inezstodel.com\/collectie\/uncategorized\/micro-mosaic-with-the-doves-of-pliny\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T15:47:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:47:49","slug":"micro-mosaic-with-the-doves-of-pliny","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/inezstodel.com\/en\/collection\/micromosaics-pietra-dura\/micro-mosaic-with-the-doves-of-pliny\/","title":{"rendered":"micro mosaic with the doves of Pliny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">A micromosaic made of tiny glass threads (tesserae) in different shapes and shades representing the doves of Pliny, Rome, atelier Giacomo Raffaelli, circa 1800, in a later silver mounting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Although the Vatican Mosaic workshop, dedicated to replace the paintings from St. Peter\u2019s with mosaic, had been founded in 1576, it was the discovery of a fragment of mosaic pavement by the antiquarian Cardinal Giuseppe Furietti (1685 \u2013 1764) during excavations at the Villa Adriana at Tivoli in 1737, which revived interest in Roman mosaics. In the 18th century the Roman micromosaic became extremely popular as art aswell as souvenirs. Furietti thought this mosaic to be the original mosaic described by Pliny the Elder by Sosos at Pergamon. Pliny wrote: \u201cThere is a dove, greatly admired, in the act of drinking, the shadow of its head reflected in the water, while the other doves are sunning and grooming themselves on the edge of the bowl\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Now one believes that Furietti\u2019s find is a copy that was made for the Emperor Hadrian. 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