Cassone with Garlands and Cupids

c. 1540/1560

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On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery 9

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    walnut with gilded gesso

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 171.2 x 57 x 60.4 cm (67 3/8 x 22 7/16 x 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.360

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired in Urbino by 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 28 December 1917 by funds of the estate; gift 1942 to NGA

Associated Names

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

Q62758174

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