ROMOLO SELLINI (ITALIAN, 1914-1998), AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC DEPICTING THE INFANT PRINCE JAMES AFTER ANTHONY VAN DYCK (DUTCH, 1599-1641), EARLY 20TH CENTURY Label on verso from Vatican mosaic workshops: 'Fabbrica Di S.Pietro In Vaticano Studio Del Mosaico', Oggetto: Bambino del Wan Dick, Numero d'Ordine: 418 A, Prezzo Lire: 1,200, Nome dell'Artista: Sellini' the mosaic 24 x 17cm, the frame 31cm high Provenance: The Simon Neal Collection The subject of this work is the infant Prince and future King James II (1633 - 1701) by Romolo Sellini, who is recorded as one of six chief artists employed at the Vatican Mosaic Workshop between 1920 - 1925. Among his best-known works are an altar mosaic depicting Christ of the Sacred Heart appearing to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, which was commissioned in 1920 for St. Peter's Basilica.