Cassetta Frame
mid-16th century
Medium
Pine
Dimensions
Overall: 17 13/16 × 16 1/8 in. (45.2 × 41 cm) Sight: 12 1/2 × 10 3/4 in. (31.7 × 27.3 cm) Rabbet: 13 5/16 × 11 3/4 in. (33.8 × 29.8 cm)
Classification
Frames
Culture
Italian, Veneto
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.1629
About the Artist
Italian
The designation "Italian" in art collections typically refers to an anonymous artist or a loose attribution to works from Italian schools, rather than a specific individual. With 173 known artworks in the museum's collection, this entry likely encompasses paintings by unidentified masters active across various periods, such as the Renaissance, Baroque, or later eras. Early life and personal detail...