  
  About the Artwork
  
  
  Prominently placed in grand baroque interiors, cabinets-on&Acirc;&shy;stand were highly prized for their sculptural decoration, imported veneers, and their startling illusionism. Their tops provided ideal display surfaces for Chinese porcelains, bronze statuettes, and other objets d'art.
The cabinet doors, elaborately carved in relief, illustrate events in Greco-Roman mythology, French literature, ancient history, and the Bible. Scenes from the Old Testament story of Susannah and the Elders decorate the doors of this cabinet. Inside are shallow drawers where small precious objects, such as medals and jewels, could be stored. A second set of doors at center conceals a miniature stagelike setting, contrived of mirrors, malachite, and marquetries of exotic woods and stained horn.
  
  
  Title
  Cabinet
  
  
  Artwork Date
  between 1610 and 1643
  
  Artist
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  Life Dates
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  Nationality
  
  
  
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  Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation.
  
  
  
  French
  
  
  
  Culture
  
  
  
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  Medium
  Exterior: ebony veneer on pine and walnut carcass; interior: kingwood, amaranth, ebony, holly, green-died horn, mirrors, and gilt bronze
  
  
  Dimensions
  Overall: 81 1/4 &Atilde;&#151; 75 &Atilde;&#151; 25 inches (206.4 &Atilde;&#151; 190.5 &Atilde;&#151; 63.5 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Furniture
  
  
  Department
  European Sculpture and Dec Arts
  
  
  Credit
  Founders Society Purchase with funds from the Friends of K. T. Keller in honor of his 70th birthday
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum&acirc;&#128;&#153;s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems&acirc;&#128;&#148;no longer assigned&acirc;&#128;&#148;that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  55.458
  
  
  Copyright
  Public Domain
  
  
  
