Eurasian Networks of Pietre Dure. Francesco Paolsanti Indiano and His Early Seventeenth-Century Trade Between Florence and Goa

This chapter explores the career of Francesco Paolsanti Indiano, an early seventeenth-century Florentine merchant, and uncovers the material and artistic exchanges that he promoted between Florence and Goa. Payments, contracts, cargo lists, and epistolary evidence cast light on the precious stones imported; on the Florentine artworks exported; on the artists involved; on how the Paolsanti family orchestrated this trade; and, finally, on the role played by the Medici.