Marriage Chest (Cassone)
https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.609
Large storage chests resembling ancient Roman burial vaults-a popular collectible among wealthy families during the Renaissance-were often associated with an important marriage and contained the wife’s dowry of clothes and precious objects. This particular example displays the...
Artifact
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id
122302
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| citation |
citation
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| rights |
rights
CC0
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| wikidata |
wikidata
[
"Q60752585"
]
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| source |
source
import
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| accession |
accession
1942.609
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Source image fields (4)
| thumbnailUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.609/1942.609_web.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.609/1942.609_web.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.609/1942.609_web.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
Terms
Culture
Italy, early 16th century
Technique
walnut with traces of gilding
Genre
Furniture and woodwork
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Relations
belongs_to