Table Cabinet with Scenes from the Life of David

c. 1602-1612 (Renaissance)

57.6 cm 72 cm

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This cabinet with its 21 compartments (some hidden) is a marvel of woodcarving and a celebration of intricacy. Architectural elements and ornamental detailing frame narrative compositions, organized into a lattice of ordered compartments. Forty-eight scenes relate the Old Test...

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Eugen Felix (through J. and S. Goldschmidt as dealers), Leipzig; sale, J.M Heberle, Cologne, October 25, 1886, no. 1053. Owned by heirs of Eugen Felix, New York; sale, J.P. Silo, New York [1]. Acquired by Julius David Ichenhauser, London; inherited by Mrs. Ichenhauser, London, 1910; sale, Christies, London. Acquired by Arnold Seligman Rey. and Co., New York; purchased by Henry Walters, New York, December 14 1915; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] sold on behalf of his creditors at J.P. Silo, Fifth Avenue
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