XIR246482 The Pala d\'Oro, detail of Solomon (gold & enamel inlaid with precious stones) by Byzantine; Basilica di San Marco, Venice, Italy; (add.info.: constructed in Constantinople and Venice over four centuries; begun by Greek artists in Constantinople at the commission of Doge Pietro Orseolo in 976; enriched with new enamels by order of Doge Ordelafo Falier (1105); enhanced again in 1209 by Doge Pietro Ziani, who assembled the most precious enamels and goldwork after the Fourth Crusade; given its present shape by Doge Andrea Dandolo in 1345;); out of copyright.