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Cupboard
Also titled Kast
c. 1635 - c. 1645
- Medium
- ivory, ebony (wood), wood (plant material), mother of pearl, koningshout, bruinharthout, rosewood (wood), oak (wood)
- Classification
- case furniture
- Dimensions
- height 220.5 cm x width 206 cm x depth 83.5 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 cupboard is a work of art showcasing a remarkable interplay of forms and materials. The precious, tropical ebony is glued on the oak and inlaid with mother-of pearl, thus hiding the wood carcass. Herman Doomer made this cupboard ten years after its counterpart, also on view here. The large, twisted columns give this cupboard its monumental character. Rembrandt, who undoubtedly admired Doomer’s work, immortalized the cabinetmaker and his wife in pendants in 1640.
