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Collector's Cabinet
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Title: Collector's Cabinet
Maker:
Workshop of Iacopo Fiamengo (Italian, active 1594 –1602)
Engraver:
Plaques probably engraved by Theodore de Voghel (active 1590s)
Artist:
after prints by Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert (Netherlandish, Amsterdam 1519/22–1590 Gouda)
Artist:
after Maarten van Heermskerck (1498–1574)
Date: ca. 1595–1600
Culture: Italian, Naples
Medium: Ebony, African blackwood, ebonized wood; ivory (engraved and carved) and bone; case: coniferous wood; drawers: beech, coniferous wood, walnut; knobs, lock, hinges: gilt iron with modern bronze paint Primary woods and materials: ebony, African blackwood, ebonized wood (veneer applied to the back); ivory (engraved and carved); bone (stringing)Drawer knobs, lock, hinges: gilt iron with modern bronze paint Secondary woods: Case: coniferous wood Drawers: beech, coniferous wood, walnut; stained poplar and coniferous wood used for modern casings of locks
Dimensions: Overall: 24 1/4 x 42 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. (61.6 x 107.3 x 38.7 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit Line: Private Collection
Accession Number: L.2020.24a–r