Important carved and gilded wood mirror of rectangular form, with openwork decoration of acanthus leaves, flowers and sunflowers; (accidents, restorations and missing). Italy, Rome, late 17th century. H : 184 cm, W : 174 cm The large acanthus leaves decoration of this mirror is directly related to the compositions of the ornamentalist and engraver Filippo Passarini (Nuove inventioni d'ornamenti d'architettura e d'intagli diversi utili ad argentieri intagliatori ricamatori et altri professori delle buone arti del disegno inventati et intagliati da Filippo Passarini, Rome, 1698, pl. 15).