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Source Description
This cabinet with its combination of dark woods inset with bone plaques represents the high caliber of Antwerp cabinetry. Michiel Verbist, who monogrammed it on the underside, had aristocratic clients in England as well as in the Netherlands. The engraved plaques on the exterior represent personifications of music while the drawers are decorated with scenes of rural peasant life such as hunting rabbits. On the open book held by the woman with the horn is inscribed what may be the name of the engraver: IAN…/ H….
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Document identity
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38136
label
Table Cabinet with Allegorical Figures Holding Musical Instruments
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Source metadata
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38136
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title
Table Cabinet with Allegorical Figures Holding Musical Instruments
description
This cabinet with its combination of dark woods inset with bone plaques represents the high caliber of Antwerp cabinetry. Michiel Verbist, who monogrammed it on the underside, had aristocratic clients in England as well as in the Netherlands. The engraved plaques on the exterior represent personifications of music while the drawers are decorated with scenes of rural peasant life such as hunting rabbits. On the open book held by the woman with the horn is inscribed what may be the name of the engraver: IAN…/ H….
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1625 (Baroque)
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
Wood
cabinets (case furniture)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
49.5
height
67.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 19 1/2 x W: 26 9/16 in. (49.5 x 67.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Flemish Baroque
inscriptions
[Signature] On book: IAN…/ H….(?)
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wood (rosewood, mahogany, and fir), bone
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15504
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BAR
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13
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1
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0
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photo
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