Cabinet
Also titled Kabinet
c. 1670 - c. 1690
- Medium
- ivory, tortoise shell, ebony (wood), marble (rock), copper (metal), walnut (hardwood), gilding (material), pine (wood), paint (coating), softwood, bone (material), rosewood (wood), oil paint (paint), oak (wood)
- Classification
- collector's cabinet
- Dimensions
- bottom: width 150.5 cm x depth 55.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
This art cabinet, with representations from the Bible, rests on four carved figures. They wear skirts made of tobacco leaves, and turbans. This stereotypical depiction became common in the 17th century. Such furniture contributed to the luxurious ambience of reception rooms in the Baroque castles and palaces built throughout Europe.
