{"id":514,"count":5,"description":"Even though the foundation of what would be later known as \u201cOpificio\u00a0delle\u00a0Pietre\u00a0Dure\u201d was due to the grand duke Ferdinando I de\u2019 Medici, his father,\u00a0Cosimo\u00a0I, already had a workshop in Palazzo Vecchio\u00a0for the production of\u00a0stone artifacts.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe first room of the Museum shows the origin of the workshop and displays some artworks\u00a0witnessing\u00a0Cosimo\u2019s\u00a0passion for archaeological marbles, such as\u00a0<\/span>large<\/span>-sized porphyry\u00a0sculptures, a stone related to royalty in the ancient world. 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