Detail View: The AMICA Library: Jewelry Box
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AMICA ID:
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MIA_.86.85
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Foggini, Giovanni Battista
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Florentine
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Creator Role:
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designer
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1652 - 1755
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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attributed to Giovanni Battista Foggini
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Title:
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Jewelry Box
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View:
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Front
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Creation Date:
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about 1700 - 1720
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Creation Start Date:
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1700
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Creation End Date:
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1720
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Materials and Techniques:
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oak veneered with ebony, slate inlaid with lapis, agate, marble
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Classification Term:
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Miscellaneous
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Dimensions:
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H.13 3/4 x W.20 3/4 x D.17 in.
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Component Measured:
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overall
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Measurement Unit:
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in
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Owner Location:
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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ID Number:
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86.85
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Bruce B. Dayton
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Rights:
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Context:
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Pietre dure ("hard stones") describes inlay made from such brightly colored stones as lapis lazuli, agate, and jasper. Carefully cut, polished, and fitted together, these stones form intricate designs. Although practiced since antiquity, the art of pietre dure was revived during the late 1500s at the Medici workshop in Florence, which continues in operation today. In 1695, the sculptor and architect Giovanni Battista Foggini became director of the workshop and designed many pietre dure objects for Cosimo III de Medici to give as gifts to other members of the European nobility. Foggini's drawings for the floral panels on this jewelry box are in Florence at the Uffizi Gallery. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MIA_.1386c.tif
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