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Learn more about this exhibition: http://www.metmuseum.org/special/pietre_dure/more.asp Presented in conjunction with the exhibition " Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe," these lectures concern the most comprehensive exhibition on the tradition of hardstone carving (pietre dure) that developed in sixteenth-century Italy and subsequently spread throughout Europe. Wolfram Koeppe, Curator, Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art