Marriage chest (cassone)

Unknown Artist

ca. 1480–95

Marriage chest (cassone) by Unknown Artist

Medium

Poplar wood; painted and gilded gesso

Dimensions

Overall (confirmed): 38 1/2 in. × 81 in. × 32 in. (97.8 × 205.7 × 81.3 cm)

Classification

Woodwork-Furniture

Culture

Italian, Florence or Lucca

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1916

Accession Number

16.155

Tags

CentaursDragonsSatyrsChariots

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