1725 - POLYCHROME SCAGLIOLA TOP WITH ARALDIAN STEMMA NALDI, EMILIA, 17th CENTURY, SCAGLIOLIST OF FRA FELICE GIANELLI, phytomorphic scrollwork decoration and central figured reserve with St. John the Baptist; modern ebonized wood support; defects, cracks and restorations.

POLYCHROME SCAGLIOLA TOP WITH ARALDIAN STEMMA NALDI, EMILIA, 17th CENTURY, SCAGLIOLIST OF FRA FELICE GIANELLI, phytomorphic scrollwork decoration and central figured reserve with St. John the Baptist; modern ebonized wood support; defects, cracks and restorations. 240x100 cm, h 80. The polychrome scagliola with St. John the Baptist in the center is attributable to Fra Felice Gianelli (active between 1687 and 1684). The coat of arms belongs to the Faenza Naldi family. A very similar coat of arms from the late 17th century by Pietro Damiano Naldi is preserved at the Archiginnasio in Bologna. The Naldi family, of Hungarian origin, bear the Hungarian tricolor and an iron hand holding shrubs ("vecce") in their coat of arms.