Murrina by Mario dei Rossi, Religious Building, 24mm Diameter
SKU: GLC-132
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Description
- Murrina, by Mario dei Rossi of a religious building with many porticoes and balconies, sadly I don't know which one.
- 18mm Diameter, only one available
- Mario's initials MdR appear in the 5 o'clock position
- The dei Rossis received their first major exposure to US collectors around 2004 and since this murrina is not included in those catalogs I think it must be earleir.
- I think bought my collection of dei Rossi murrine, including this one, in the late 1980s or early 1990s
- Born in Murano in 1926, Mario dei Rossi had become a master glassmaker by the age of 24. He worked in some of the most famous glass factories of Venice before retiring in 1989 to turn his attention to his long-time fascination with mosaic glass.
- He eventually adopted the cold composition, or bundled-cane method, pioneered by Luigi Moretti, for assembling detailed images with thin glass canes.
- Once fused, drawn out into a longer, thinner cane, and cooled, slices known as murrine, are cut from the canes.
- Mario dei Rossi, who had studied design and painting, challenged himself by "translating" the work of master painters, ancient Egyptian art, the wonders of nature, into glass.