This is not a painting. It is made entirely of wood, its surface flat. A detail from the 15th-century "Studiolo Gubbio", one of the finest examples of intarsia, the masterful art of fitting together pieces of wood to make images: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/exquisite-rot-spalted-wood-and-the-lost-art-of-intarsia
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The Public Domain Review (publicdomainrev@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Dec-2025 05:47:45 JST
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Robin Barton (robo105@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Dec-2025 10:03:52 JST
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@publicdomainrev That is lovely
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WesDym (wesdym@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Dec-2025 13:30:37 JST
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@publicdomainrev I saw this in person, and it's fantastic. The whole studiolo is.
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