Cabinet with Inlaid Flower Vases
Also titled Kast met ingelegde bloemenvazen
Jan van Mekeren (Tiel, 1648–1733)
c. 1695 - c. 1710
- Medium
- ebony (wood), maple (wood), wood (plant material), olive (wood), boxwood (hardwood), koningshout, holly (wood), berberishout, rosewood (wood), oak (wood)
- Classification
- case furniture
- Dimensions
- height 205.5 cm x width 174 cm x depth 61 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
This cabinet was made by one of the most famous Dutch cabinetmakers of the 17th century: Jan van Mekeren. At that time, a cabinet by him cost even more than a painting by Rembrandt. Using a fretsaw, he cut all kinds of shapes from as many as 15 types of variously coloured wood. He then glued the small pieces together, like a puzzle. For instance, on the doors he made bouquets of flowers, and do you also see the birds and butterflies?
