Tabletop

Early XVII century. Alabaster, Paragone, Hardstone.
Not on display

This tabletop has a geometrical decoration with a large central oval framed by two volutes. The border combines ovals and diamonds with floral motifs. A similar type of decoration is to be found on the walls of a number of seventeeth-century Roman chapels.

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Inventory number: O000468
Author: Roman workshop
Title: Tabletop
Date: Early XVII century
Technique: Inlay
Medium: Alabaster; Paragone; Hardstone
Dimension: Weight: 175 Kg; Fondo de la peana: 108.49999 cm; Height: 12.2 cm; Ancho de la peana: 68.3 cm; Overall height (including base): 91 cm; Width: 92 cm; Depth: 136 cm; Base height: 78.8 cm
Provenance: Royal Collection

Bibliography +

Aguiló Alonso, María Paz, Mesas de piedras duras en el Museo del Prado, Galería Antiquaria, 142, 1996, pp. 28-34.

González-Palacios, Alvar, Las colecciones reales españolas de mosaicos y piedras duras, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2001, pp. 78-79, nº 7.

Gisbert, María Isabel, Vocabulario de mármoles arqueológicos en las mesas de piedras duras del Museo del Prado, Boletín del Museo del Prado, XX, 2002, pp. 111-128.