Sansovinesque cassetta frame
mid-17th century
Medium
Pine and poplar
Dimensions
Overall: 44 3/8 × 33 7/16 in. (112.7 × 85 cm) Sight: 23 1/4 × 17 3/8 in. (59 × 44.2 cm) Rabbet: 24 3/16 × 18 1/4 in. (61.5 × 46.3 cm)
Classification
Frames
Culture
Spanish
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 1975.1.2124
Accession Number
1975.1.2124
About the Artist
Unknown
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