Painting fixed under glass is a unique technique because the work is created on the back of the glass. While on a canvas, the composition is sketched in broad strokes, then flat areas of color are applied, gradually finishing with the details, in reverse glass painting, the procedure is reversed. Unlike the normal technique, which involves painting the details (the nose, eyes, flowers) before the background (the face, the landscape), the viewer must view the finished work on the unpainted side of the glass plate.
Important overmantel of gilded and carved woodwork, mercury glass.
18th century
Italy
Pair of scones with a central mirror and an arm of light in carved and lacquered wood with rocaille decoration of volutes, shells and foliage.
XVIII century
Venice, Italy
Beaded mirror in a gilded carved wooden frame, beautiful original patina, mercury glass.
18th century
France
Beautiful octagonal mirror composed of a beveled mirror surrounded by 8 equally beveled sides, topped with a refined pediment carved in the shape of leaves.
Set consisting of a console and mirror, richly decorated with the characteristic motifs of the neoclassical style, with garlands, stylized acanthus leaves and female busts.
Psyche in walnut burl.
High quality psyche in walnut covered with walnut burl.
Elements in ciselled bronze.
This psyche is characteristic of the shift from Art Nouveau to Art Deco.