Lyre, Lyre
Jul 01, 2020
2 minutes
n 1588, Ferdinando I de’ Medici, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, founded a hardstone workshop in Florence called the Galleria de’ Lavori. There, craftsmen restored ancient carved stone objects and also developed original works of pietra dura. The evolution of a Byzantine technique, pietra dura uses inlaid precious and semi-precious stones to form elaborate imagery (in the
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