18th Century Grand Tour "Two Monks with Dinner" Pietra Dura Plaque chains the larger amphibian featuring red

the larger amphibian featuring red paste eyes

"J'EN DISPOSE"

with triangular facets on the pavilion designed to accentuate the shimmering orange colour play as it moves in the light

It was restored and remodeled after the Civil War

18th Century Grand Tour "Two Monks with Dinner" Pietra Dura Plaque chains the larger amphibian featuring redDATE: 18th Century, c. 1720 I mistook this for a painting at first.. but it's actually the most incredible Florentine Pietra Dura (literally hard stone) mosaic portraying two monks delighting in the food from a copper pot. The execution, the details and selection of stone (particularly depicting the faces and the plate of charcuterie), is utterly breathtaking with seemingly seamless edges where the stones have been meticulously cut to fit around each