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Lot 1730 Dα

A Renaissance oak cabinet

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €
Result: 10.000 € (incl. premium)
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A Renaissance oak cabinet

Angular two-doored corpus with wrought iron mountings and panelling to the sides and front, the front carved with male and female mascarons, four guild symbols and two "house marks" monogrammed M and IS. H 165, W 146.5, D 47,. cm.
Netherlands, first half 16th C.

This piece of furniture, though simple and functional, makes an impact with its sumptuous carved decoration, which clearly demonstrates the influence of the Italian Renaissance and its motifs. Each of the round medallions is framed differently, and the symmetrical arabesques in the surrounding spandrels are not repeated either. The bottom row depicts a compass, plane, angle iron and hatchet, suggesting that the cabinet was made for an architect or carpenter.

Literature

Cf. Catalogus von Meubelen en Betimmeringen, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 1952, cat. no. 73, for an identically decorated chest from the northern Netherlands, first half 16th C., (inv. no. N.M.4590).
Cf. two cabinets from Antwerp in the Maagdenhuis Antwerp in Windisch-Graetz, Möbel Europas. Renaissance und Manierismus, Munich 1983, illus. 177 f. Therein also a possible prototype for the mascaron motifs by Lucas van Leyden, dated 1527, illus. 176.