Renaissance chest with figures and a drawer, decorated with Virtues and Biblical scenes, 1630-1640

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Price

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Status

Sold

Origin

Northern Netherlands; Holland, Amsterdam

Period

1630-1640

Material

oak and ebony

Description

a very elaborated Dutch Renaissance chest with figures of Virtues and biblical scenes, a so called "beeldenkist".

A very elaborated Renaissance chest with figures, a so called "beeldenkist" with a drawer. It was made in Northern Netherlands, Holland, Amsterdam. It is decorated on the styles with the personifications of the Virtues: Faith, Love and Hope. The carving in the panels is about the life of John the Baptist. Between the legs in the plinth there is the drawer. Only 5 Dutch chest with figures have survived in the world, one is in the Rijksmuseum and a second one is in the Amsterdam Historic Museum.