Cassone with reliefs of Apollo (one of two)

Unknown (Italian)

Item type:

furniture

Date of creation:

16th century

Height:

72.4 cm  (28 1/2 in.)

Width:

169.5 cm  (66 3/4 in.)

Depth:

5.7 cm  (2 1/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

walnut

Description

Two scenes, separated by decorative mythological motifs. At left: Apollo in pursuit of Daphne. At right: Orpheus, surrounded by animals, holding a viola de braccio and a bow.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Viola [3561]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Furniture in The Frick Collection: Italian and French Renaissance, French 18th and 19th Centuries (New York: The Frick Collection, 1992) pt. 1, vol. 5.

RIdIM record id

1677