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Marquetry Chest with Geometric Pattern and Architectural Perspectives
Marquetry Chest with Geometric Pattern and Architectural Perspectives

Marquetry Chest with Geometric Pattern and Architectural Perspectives

Artist/Maker
Dateca. 1500
MediumChestnut
DimensionsOverall (with base): 34 × 84 × 34 1/2 in. (86.4 × 213.4 × 87.6 cm)
Credit LineR. T. Miller Jr. Fund
Object number1954.62
Status
On view
More Information
In Italy, the cassone (or chest), was usually made for the wedding couple in Italy, and commissioned as a pair. These wooden chests often had elaborate carving or marquetry, and in many instances, were decorated with painted panels on the front and ends.
ProvenanceEugene Miller von Aichholz [1835-1919], Vienna. Camillo Castiglioni [1879-1957], Vienna; (his sale, Ball and Graupe, Berlin, November 28, 1930, no. 146, pl. 51). Eugene L. Garbaty [1880-1966], Berlin and New York; purchased 1954 by Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Seven Hundred Years of Western Art
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 26, 2001 - June 2, 2002 )
Religion, Ritual and Performance in the Renaissance
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 28, 2012 - June 30, 2013 )
Collections
  • European
  • On View
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