{"id":18840,"date":"2023-04-11T15:25:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T13:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opificiodellepietredure.cultura.gov.it\/museum\/the-opificio-delle-pietre-dure-museum-history\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T17:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:34:47","slug":"the-opificio-delle-pietre-dure-museum-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/opificiodellepietredure.cultura.gov.it\/en\/museum\/the-opificio-delle-pietre-dure-museum-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The Opificio delle Pietre Dure Museum. History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Now a modern centre for art restoration, the museum annexed to the Opificio delle Pietre Dure descends directly from the art workshop specialised in semi-precious stones founded in <strong>1588<\/strong> by <strong>Ferdinando I de&#8217; Medici<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p>The organisation of the Museum reflects the life and experiences of the Opificio\u2019s manufacturing activity.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The most prestigious creations of the Opificio, many offered as gifts by the Florentine grand dukes, are conserved in European royal palaces and museums. On the other hand, unfinished works or pieces that are the result of subsequent modifications and dismantling remained in the workshop, along with pieces surviving from the 19th-century dispersions which ended in <strong>1882<\/strong> with the <strong>collection\u2019s musealisation<\/strong>. The collection includes magnificent and highly refined pieces and is nonetheless sufficient to highlight the <strong>workshop\u2019s timeline<\/strong> spanning <strong>three centuries<\/strong>, as well as an important <strong>collection of samples<\/strong> of ancient marbles and semi-precious stones to be used in the <strong>\u201ccommesso\u201d technique<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The museum was renovated to <strong>Adolfo Natalini<\/strong>\u2019s design in <strong>1995<\/strong>. The reorganisation of the collection curated by Anna Maria Giusti follows a thematic and chronological criterion: the first rooms document the productions during the Grand Duchy of the Medici and Lorraine, while the 19th-century rooms display artefacts of the post-Unification period. The mezzanine floor of the hall is dedicated to manufacturing techniques: from a rich assortment of stones to workbenches and tools, and to the didactic exemplification of inlay and carving work. One can thus retrace the complete process from conception to the final result and discover in depth a fascinating episode of Florentine art history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The OPD Museum displays the history of the art workshop founded in 1588 by Ferdinando I de&#8217; Medici.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":18837,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18840","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Opificio delle Pietre Dure Museum. 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