Object Description
Antique Italian figurative pietra dure panel
Italian, 19th Century
Height 18cm, width 14cm, depth 1cm
This beautiful pietra dure panel depicts in the Renaissance style two figures engaged in a dance: a man yielding a horn steps in rhythm to a woman holding a drum. The figures, which stand on a green-yellow faux ground, are crafted entirely from inlaid segments of multi-coloured marble. The natural veining of the variously coloured marbles accents the form of the figures and their dress.