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The natural color of the stone becomes part of the pictorial image.<\/p>\n\n<p>In this room there are several  of the paintings made in the first half of the seventeenth century, whose support is the Arno stone, also known as pietra paesina \u2013 that means \u201clandscape stone\u201d &#8211; typical of the Valdarno area, so-called since its structure recalls visions of rocky landscapes. Another stone used for this purpose was the lineato d\u2019Arno, whose greyish and bluish veining is suitable and effective in  reproducing waterscapes.<\/p>\n\n<p>The painter did not add any colours on the background stone slabs, because, as we can read in a 17th century text, the panel was already \u201ccompleted with no need to add anything else\u201d. 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