Giovanni Antonio de’ Rossi, Cameo with Portraits of Cosimo I de’ Medici, Eleonor of Toledo, and Their Children, 1558–62. Treasury of the Grand Dukes, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Bezoar (?) in rock crystal and silver container. Treasury of the Grand Dukes, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Small, carved and gilded scent box (?) in the Treasury of the Grand Dukes, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Cameos in the Treasury of the Grand Dukes, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Pier Maria Serbaldi da Pescia, Venus and Cupid, c. 1500. Treasury of the Grand Dukes, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Pendant of sea-horse with putti rider, baroque pearl and enamel. Treasury of the Grand Dukes, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Saracchi Workshop (Milan), Vase with Dragon Lid, last quarter of the 16th century (before 1589). The vase was originally hidden in a secret cabinet in the Tribune of the Uffizi, where it remained until 1780–82. Treasury of the Grand Dukes, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Hans Domes, bowl in lapis lazuli and enameled gold, late 16th century. Treasury of the Grand Dukes, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Ivory figurines in the Treasury of the Grand Dukes, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Carved dragon (?) in green semi-precious stone. Treasury of the Grand Dukes, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Jewel and enamel bust in the Treasury of the Grand Dukes, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Jade mask from Teotihuacan, Mexico, 4th–6th centuries CE. The mask originally had inlaid eyes of shell and obsidian, as well as painted teeth and lips. Although originally from Teotihuacan, it was likely part of a hoard of masks taken to Templo Mayor in the Aztec capital of Mexico-Tenochtitlan in the 15th or 16th century. It entered the Medici collection by the time of Prince Leopoldo de’ Medici’s death in 1675. Treasury of the Grand Dukes, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Florentine rock crystal ewer in the shape of a fish, 16th century. Treasury of the Grand Dukes, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Jade object in the Treasury of the Grand Dukes, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.