Dantesca Chair, Silver Gilt with Bronze Mountings

c. 1520

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    walnut, embossed brass or copper sheet metal, and cast and gilded brass

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 63.3 x 61 x 84.5 cm (24 15/16 x 24 x 33 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.357

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Possibly Pope Alexander VI, Cardinal of Ferrara. Professor Elia Volpi [1858-1938], Florence; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park after purchase 1922 by funds of the estate; gift 1942 to NGA.

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Bibliography

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 15.

Wikidata ID

Q62131119

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