"The Giacomo Raffaelli Table" 
An Exceptional
Semi-Precious Hardstone-Inlaid Tabletop
with
its original Gilt Bronze Stand

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Roma, circa 1800-1805

The Pieta Dura Tabletop by Giacomo Raffaelli (Rome, 1753-Rome, 1836)

King Stanislaus Augustus of Poland counsellor for liberal Arts in 1787

Member of the Academia dell’Arcadia in 1793

Director of the school of Pierres dures et Mosaiques of Milan created in 1804 by Eugène de Beauharnais, Vice-Roi of Italy

The bronze base attributed to

Francesco Righetti (Rome, 1749-Rome, 1819)

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Cast and gilded bronze, pietra dura marble top: amethyst, lapis lazuli, jasper, cornelian, labradorite, petrified wood, and others

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Provenance:

- Private collection, France.

- Auction sale, Narbonne, Maître André Meyzen, March 31, 2001.

- Bernard Baruch Steinitz collection, Paris, France.

- Acquired for the Collection of M. D. S. & Ms S. S., Los Angeles

- Acquired by M. & Mrs Pritchard, NY.

- Auction sale, Christies New York, Auction Modern Medici: Masterpieces from a New York Collection, Lot 215, Jan. 23 2023.

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Literature:

Giusti, Anna Maria, Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe, Metropolitan Museum of art, New-York, July 1st to September 21st, 2008, n°122, pp. 312-314, ill. p. 313.

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González-Palacios, Alvar, The Londonderry Table Top, auction catalogue 'The Exceptional Sale'; Christie's, London, 10 July 2014, p. 12, note 4.
Massinelli, Anna Maria, Giacomo Raffaelli (1753-1836): maestro di stile e di mosaic, Firenze, 2018, pp. 286-294, ill. pp. 291, 293, figs. 345, 348.

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33. 3/4 in. (86 cm.) high, 30 1/4 in. (77 cm.) wide, 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep