Italian Collectors' cabinet

Lombardian (Italy) Collectors' cabinet
17th century
Softwood, ebony, rosewood, drawers made of walnut, with engraved ivory scenes.
Gilt brass
Dimensions : 42 cm x 54 cm x 35 cm

LITERATURE :
- R. Baarsen, 17de-eeuwse kabinetten, Rijksmuseum dossiers, Amsterdam 2000, p. 11, 12.?- O. Impey, A. MacGregor, ‘The Origins of Museums: The Cabinet of Curiosities in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Europe (1985), in: S. Staniforth (ed.), Historical Perspectives on Preventive Conservation, Los Angeles 2013, pp. 78-82.?- sP. Lorenzelli & A. Veca, Trae - Teche, pissidi, cofani, e forzieri dall'Alto Medioevo al Barocco, Bergamo 1984, pp. 329 - 336, cat. no. 464, 466.

MUSEUMS
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. no. X.203?
- Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden, inv. no. 4275

Cites available.