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Art cabinet
Also titled Kunstkabinet
c. 1627 - c. 1630
- Medium
- ivory, cedar (wood), boxwood, opal, lapis lazuli (rock), ebony (wood), marble (rock), copper (metal), agate (chalcedony), jasper, walnut (hardwood), looking glasses, gilding (material), paper, wood (plant material), pâte, silver (metal),…
- Classification
- collector's cabinet
- Dimensions
- height 59 cm x width 53.5 cm x depth 45 cm x height 60 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 piece is a veritable princely art collection in miniature. All manner of materials and artefacts have been incorporated into it. Originally the many drawers and compartments contained works of art and natural specimens. They were assembled by the Augsburg merchant, art dealer and diplomat Philipp Hainhofer. The whole constituted a reflection in miniature (microcosm) of the universe (macrocosm). The loose contents were stolen in 1631.
