About the Artwork
Pietre dure Cabinet
ca. 1620
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Italian
Unknown
Pearwood, ebony, alabaster, pietre dure panels
Overall: 24 × 41 9/16 × 13 3/4 inches (61 × 105.5 × 35 cm)
Furniture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund; gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Trent McMath, Mrs. Allan Shelden, Mrs. William Clay Ford, Robert H. Tannahill, Mrs. Ralph Harman Booth, John Lord Booth, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb, Mr. and Mrs. James S. Whitcomb, K. T. Keller, Virginia Booth Vogel, and City of Detroit, by exchange
1994.77
Public Domain
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Provenance
from 17th century (Frescobaldi family, Florence, Italy);ca. 1920, passed through marriage to the Roman branch of the Frescobaldi family;
by ca. 1950, private collection (Switzerland);
(Trinity Fine Arts, Ltd., London, England);
1994-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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An Exhibition of Old Master Drawings and Works of Art. Exh. cat., Newhouse Galleries. New York, May 5-17, 1994, no. 81. [by Trinity Fine Art Ltd., London]
Darr, A., and T. Albainy "Acquisitions of European sculpture and decorative arts at the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1988 - 1999." The Burlington Magazine 142 (June 2000): p. 408, no. IX (color ill.).
The Exceptional Sale 2017. Sales cat., Christie's. London, July 6, 2017, p. 32.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Italian, Pietre dure Cabinet, ca. 1620, pearwood, ebony, alabaster, pietre dure panels. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund; gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Trent McMath, et al., 1994.77.
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