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Table Cabinet with Allegorical Figures Holding Musical Instruments
This cabinet with its combination of dark woods inset with bone plaques represents the high caliber of Antwerp cabinetry. Michiel Verbist, who monogrammed it on the underside, had aristocratic clients in England as well as in the Netherlands. The engraved plaques on the exterior represent personifications of music while the drawers are decorated with scenes of rural peasant life such as hunting rabbits. On the open book held by the woman with the horn is inscribed what may be the name of the engraver: IAN…/ H….
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1998-2001 | Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 8/5/1982 | Treatment | cleaned; examined for exhibition |
Geographies
Belgium, Antwerp (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 19 1/2 x W: 26 9/16 in. (49.5 x 67.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
65.23