The Marmi Bleve shop

The marble that arrives
at your home in a box

Just two things — the only ones we ship: marble portraits engraved from your photograph, and the professional products that keep marble like it was on day one. Everything else we make to measure and install with our own hands.

The original photograph given by the client for the marble-engraved portrait
The client's photograph.
The same face as the photograph, engraved in marble and hand-painted in blue
The same face, in marble.

A portrait made for a client: from the photograph to the marble.

The portrait made to order

Photos get lost. Marble stays.


You send us the photograph you treasure — the person you love, your children, your parents, your dog — and we turn it into a portrait engraved in marble, hand-painted in a single solid colour.

It's the gift for those who already have everything: an anniversary, a marriage proposal, a family memory. Not a framed print like so many others — a piece of stone worked just for you, that in a hundred years will look exactly as it does today.

As standard we make it in Blu Bleve, our family's blue since 1973 — or in the colour you prefer.

Size 30×30 cm — € 249

Size 40×40 cm — € 329

Insured shipping included within Italy. One or more people in the portrait, same price.

Secure payment by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay (Stripe). After purchase we write to you for the photo and show you a preview: until you approve it, you can cancel for a full refund. Terms of sale.

Prefer to see the preview before paying — or having it delivered outside Italy? Order via the form and we'll send a shipping quote.

How it works

You see your portrait before it touches the stone

Here too the house rule applies: at Marmi Bleve nothing is worked without your having seen and approved it first. As with the slabs, so with the portraits.

01

Order and send us the photo

Fill in the form below: we write to you within one working day to receive your photograph via WhatsApp or email. You don't pay anything yet.

02

Approve the preview

We prepare the portrait's draft and send it to you. If it doesn't convince you, we correct it — or you cancel everything, without spending a euro.

03

Engraving and colour by hand

On confirmation you pay and your portrait goes into production: engraving on the slab and colour laid by hand, one piece at a time. We give you the delivery date straight away.

04

You receive it at home

Made-to-measure packaging and insured courier across Italy, with the hanging fixture already fitted. Or pick it up at the workshop, in Tiggiano.

The Mona Lisa engraved in white marble with a continuous spiral technique — a demonstration of Marmi Bleve's spiral-portrait technique
The spiral technique, demonstrated on the most famous face in history. The next one could be yours.
The masterpiece

The spiral portrait: a single line, your face


Look closely: a single continuous spiral line, widening and tightening until it becomes light and shadow. Here we tried it on the Mona Lisa — but the spiral can hold any face: yours, or that of the person you love.

It's the piece where the precision of a survey to a tenth of a millimetre becomes art. Each one is born from your photograph, on a slab of white marble chosen for you, and is by its nature unrepeatable.

Made to order, from your photo — € 690

White marble, continuous-line spiral engraving. Preview to approve before engraving, delivery date given on confirmation. Insured shipping included (within Italy).

Secure Stripe payment. A preview to approve before engraving in any case: if you cancel beforehand, full refund. Terms of sale.

Marble care

It's not time that ruins marble.
It's the wrong cleaner.

Supermarket all-purpose degreasers and limescale removers eat away the stone's polish, one wash after another. These are the professional products we recommend to our clients — the very ones we treat the surfaces that leave our workshop with.

Faber Clean 360 — neutral multipurpose cleaner for marble and natural stone, 750 ml spray bottle

Clean 360

Faber · daily neutral cleaner · 750 ml spray

Everyday cleaning: neutral, it degreases tops and surfaces thoroughly without attacking the polish. The safe replacement for the supermarket degreaser.

€ 7.50

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Faber Soap — concentrated cleaner with water-repellent properties for polished natural stone, 950 ml bottle

Faber Soap

Faber · water-repellent concentrate · 950 ml

Cleans and protects in a single step: with every wash it revives polished marble and granite and leaves a barrier that makes water slide off. Concentrated: one bottle, months of washes.

€ 23.20

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Sicurmarmo Sicur Top — spray that cleans and protects tops in marble, granite, stone and quartz, 750 ml

Sicur Top

Sicurmarmo · cleans & protects tops · 750 ml spray

Daily hygiene for the kitchen top and a barrier against stains and marks, in one pass. For marble, granite, stone and quartz. Last stock in the warehouse.

€ 20

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Sicurmarmo Sicur Floor — floor cleaner that cleans and protects polished marble, granite and stone floors, 1 litre

Sicur Floor

Sicurmarmo · clean-and-protect floor wash · 1 L

The floor wash for polished marble: it cleans without streaks and protects with every pass, for a floor that stays as if freshly honed. Last stock in the warehouse.

€ 35

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Secure Stripe payment. Courier shipping across Italy (cost shown at checkout) or free pick-up at the workshop in Tiggiano. For delivery outside Italy, please contact us for a quote first. These products carry a 14-day right of withdrawal — terms of sale.

Order via the form

Prefer not to pay right away? No problem


Fill in the form: we get back to you within one working day to receive the photo and show you the preview. You only pay when you approve the draft — with the secure Stripe payment link or by bank transfer. Delivering outside Italy? Tell us here and we'll send a shipping quote.

  • Free preview: if it doesn't convince you, you pay nothing
  • A unique piece, engraved and hand-painted in the workshop
  • Delivery date given in writing on confirmation
  • Insured shipping included within Italy

Prefer to talk it through? Call +39 0833 532832 — Marilena will answer.

Order form

Questions & terms

What to know before ordering

What photo do I need for the portrait?

A sharp photo, even one taken on your phone, where the face is clearly visible. A black-and-white or old photo is perfectly fine: we assess it and, if it isn't suitable for engraving, we tell you straight away and choose another one together.

How long does it take?

Every portrait is engraved and hand-painted, one piece at a time: usually 2–3 weeks from approval of the draft. We give you the exact date in writing when you confirm the order — as we do with every job, since 1973.

How and when do I pay?

However you prefer, in two ways. Straight away, online: press «Buy» and pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay via Stripe — then we write to you for the photo and the preview. Or after the preview: order via the form without paying anything and, when you approve the draft, you receive the secure Stripe payment link (or pay by bank transfer). In both cases nothing is engraved before your approval — and if you paid in advance and cancel before engraving, we refund you in full.

Do you ship outside Italy?

Yes. The price includes insured shipping within Italy; for delivery to other countries, order via the form above (or contact us) and we'll send you a shipping quote before you pay. We pack every piece in a rigid, made-to-measure crate.

How is it shipped? And if it arrives damaged?

With rigid, made-to-measure packaging and an insured courier, shipping included in the price within Italy. Should it arrive damaged, we remake it: send us photos within 3 days of delivery and we take care of everything, at no cost.

Can I change my mind? (right of withdrawal)

Up to approval of the draft you can cancel whenever you like: if you haven't paid yet you owe nothing, if you've already paid we refund you in full. After approval the portrait is engraved specifically for you from your photo: for personalised goods the law excludes the right of withdrawal (art. 59 of the Italian Consumer Code). It's also why we have you approve the preview before we start. The legal guarantee of conformity always applies. All the details in the terms of sale.

Do you make other marble objects?

The portraits and the marble-care products are the only things we ship in a box. Everything else — staircases, floors, bathrooms, worktops, thresholds — we make to measure with the PRO2 method and install with our own hands: for that, the starting point is a free consultation at the workshop.

And for your home?

Custom marble isn't ordered online

Staircases, floors, bathrooms and worktops are done properly: survey to a tenth of a millimetre, the slab seen and signed by you, installation in our hands and a written guarantee. The first step is a free consultation at the workshop.

Book your free consultation