Chest
Also titled Kist
c. 1560 - c. 1570
- Medium
- walnut (hardwood), gilding (material), wood (plant material)
- Classification
- case furniture
- Dimensions
- height 73 cm x width 183.5 cm x depth 56 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Adult profiles and older: its museum's description or title mentions violence, death or gore. How works are placed
About this work
The front has reliefs with the biblical story of David and Goliath. On the short sides are the virtues Hope (left) and Justice (right). They were meant to inspire the bridal couple for whom the cassone was made to lead a virtuous life. Presumably there were once two chests, each with a coat of arms: one for the bride’s family, one for the groom’s.
