Hanging Cupboard
1540-1560 (made)
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Hanging cupboard of carved ebony and ebonized woods, enriched with gilding. On the door is a female figure holding a cornucopia, symbolising Abundance, within a moulded framework. On either side is a column with a Corinthian capital, the shaft being twisted and fluted above and carved below with a cherub’s head and a festoon of drapery and fruit. These columns support a frieze containing a reclining figure of Diana with a stag, after the Nymph of Fountainbleau by Benvenuto Cellini (b. 1500; d. 1571); it is flanked by cherub’s heads. Above is a moulded cornice crowned by broken pediment with a mask in the centre surmounted by a leafy device. Below is a scrollwork bracket between two turned knobs.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | ebony, ebonized wood, gilt, moulding |
| Brief description | Carved ebony with gilding hanging cupboard; France, Ile-de-France; 1540-60 |
| Physical description | Hanging cupboard of carved ebony and ebonized woods, enriched with gilding. On the door is a female figure holding a cornucopia, symbolising Abundance, within a moulded framework. On either side is a column with a Corinthian capital, the shaft being twisted and fluted above and carved below with a cherub’s head and a festoon of drapery and fruit. These columns support a frieze containing a reclining figure of Diana with a stag, after the Nymph of Fountainbleau by Benvenuto Cellini (b. 1500; d. 1571); it is flanked by cherub’s heads. Above is a moulded cornice crowned by broken pediment with a mask in the centre surmounted by a leafy device. Below is a scrollwork bracket between two turned knobs. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting |
| Object history | Part of the Salting Bequest. Formerly in the Goupil Collection. (On Goupil see Agnès Penot, 'The Perils and Perks of Trading Art Overseas: Goupil’s NewYork Branch' in Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 16, no. 1 (Spring 2017).) |
| Historical context | Comparable pieces Sotheby's London 31/10/2007 lot 168. Walnut hanging cupboard, Burgundy 1550-1600 Sotheby's London 28/10/2004 lot 297 Bruno Perrier collection, ex Emile Gavet (1830-1904 coll.), sold Paris Tajan 7/12/1993 lot 79 |
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| Accession number | W.155-1910 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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