Cabinet
Also titled Kabinet
c. 1660 - c. 1670
- Medium
- ivory, touchstone, lapis lazuli (rock), ebony (wood), maple (wood), copper (metal), olive (wood), silver (metal), softwood, kingwood (wood), chrysoprase, letterhout, juniper (wood), oak (wood)
- Classification
- case furniture
- Dimensions
- height 81 cm x width 68.5 cm x depth 39 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Sponsor Loterij
- 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
From the 16th century, Augsburg was a centre of production for luxurious cabinets, which were exported throughout Europe. The outside of this showpiece combines extremely rare and precious materials. Mosaic panels of various kinds of hardstones (pietre dure) were applied onto a background of ivory, between columns of semi-precious stones. The panels were made in the grand-ducal workshop in Florence.
