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Giovanni Battista Foggini, Grand Ducal Workshops, c. 1720

Pietre dure (hard stones) describes inlay made from such brightly colored stones as lapis lazuli, agate, and jasper. The stones are carefully cut and polished, then fitted together to form intricate designs. · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Giovanni Battista Foggini, Grand Ducal Workshops ¹
Date: c. 1720 ¹
Medium: Ebony and oak, slate inlaid with pietre dure (lapis lazuli, agate, jasper, chalcedony, marble and other harstones) and gilded bronze mounts with semiprecious stones ¹
Original: 6,268 × 5,092 px ¹
License: Public domain (Minneapolis Institute of Art)
Credit: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Gift of Bruce B. Dayton

Object record, Minneapolis Institute of Art

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