Lot 217: LORENZO CASSIOFL. 1874- AFTER 1925A MICROMOSAIC MURAL PLAQUE OF AURORA AND THE CHARIOT OF APOLLO, AFTER GUIDO RENI (1575-1642)ROME, CIRCA 1880'S, VATICAN MOSAIC WORKSHOP

the original wooden frame with the Rev. Fabbrica di S.Pietro in Vaticano studio del Musaico label, 3116 for the order number (numero d'ordine), 18.000 for the price in lire (prezzo lire), CASSIO for the artist name, and Aurora del Guido Reni for the title all in typed lettering.
height 12 1/4 in.; width 28 1/2 in.
31 cm; 72.5 cm

Jeanette Hanisee Gabriel, The Gilbert Collection: Micromosaics, London, Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 2000, p. 283 for a bibliographic reference to the artist.

Property of a lady of title, Christie's London, September 25, 1991, lot 71