About the Artwork
Chest
16th century
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Italian
Italian
Wood and gesso with polychrome decoration
Overall: 23 × 68 1/2 × 22 inches (58.4 × 174 × 55.9 cm)
Furniture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Mr. Griffith O. Ellis
21.195
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Provenance
(A.S. Drey, Munich, Germany)
Before 1921, sold to Mr. Griffith O. Ellis [1869–1948] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1921-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Walther, Josephine. "XVI Cassoni." Bulletin of the DIA 4, no. 2 (November 1922): p. 14 (ill.).
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Italian, Chest, 16th century, wood and gesso with polychrome decoration. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. Griffith O. Ellis, 21.195.
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