Cabinet
19th century
Medium
Walnut
Dimensions
Overal: 60 × 46 1/4 × 21 1/8 in. (152.4 × 117.5 × 53.7 cm)
Classification
Woodwork-Furniture
Culture
French
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Accession Number
14.40.790
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Hugues Sambin · 1520–1601
**Hugues Sambin** (c. 1520–1601) was a versatile French craftsman, sculptor, architect, and designer from the Franche-Comté region who became one of the leading figures of Mannerist art in Burgundy and eastern France. Born in Gray, he trained as a *menuisier* (woodworker or joiner) and came from a family of wood-carvers; his father was Mammes Sambin, and his brothers Guillaume and Claude also work...