Walnut Table with Eagles on the Supports

c. 1540/1560

Florentine 16th Century

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On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery 22

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    walnut

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 172.6 x 101.4 x 85.2 cm (67 15/16 x 39 15/16 x 33 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.365

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Stefano Bardini [1836-1922], Florence); (his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 27-30 May 1902, no. 606 as School of Lyons). (Duveen Brothers, Inc., New York); purchased 2 December 1914 by Peter A. B. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, 1942

Associated Names

Bibliography

1918

  • Odom, W.M. A History of Italian Furniture. 2 vols. New York, 1918-1919: I:208, repro. 152.

1921

  • Schottmüller, Frida. Furniture and interior decoration of the Italian renaissance. New York, 1921:143, repro. 312.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 16.

Wikidata ID

Q62131132

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