An Italian pietra dura table top, attributed to the workshop of Cosimo Fanzago (1591-1678), early 17th century, Naples

the white marble with molded edge and inlaid breccia verde border surrounding an armorial cartouche with various marbles and alabaster on broccatello di Tortosa ground.

Private American Collection

Chipping and abrasions throughout. Crack in marble ground from top center running about 9 1/2 inches to top edge of black-ground cartouche. Cracks to some inlaid elements. Some small restored elements including a small triangular section of green border at top left.
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By the late 16th century the popularity of polychrome inlaid-marble decoration had spread from Florence and Rome to Naples.  The style of this tabletop, with bold ornamental details and an expressive color scheme, is closely comparable to works by the sculptor-architect Cosimo Fanzago, who arrived in Naples in 1608. The size suggests that it was likely originally mounted on a single marble baluster support.  The coat-of-arms is possibly that of the Princes d'Avalos; although the original context of this tabletop is not known, it could well have been commissioned by a member of that family for one of the many social fraternities that thrived in seventeenth-century Naples.