A rare cabinet with depictions of Mediterranean harbours Italy, late 17th / 18th C. - image-1
A rare cabinet with depictions of Mediterranean harbours Italy, late 17th / 18th C. - image-2
A rare cabinet with depictions of Mediterranean harbours Italy, late 17th / 18th C. - image-1A rare cabinet with depictions of Mediterranean harbours Italy, late 17th / 18th C. - image-2

Lot 28 D‡α

A rare cabinet with depictions of Mediterranean harbours Italy, late 17th / 18th C.

Auction 1237 - overview Cologne
16.11.2023, 10:00 - Stained Glass from four Centuries
Estimate: 5.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 6.930 € (incl. premium)
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A rare cabinet with depictions of Mediterranean harbours
Italy, late 17th / 18th C.

Ebony and ebonised wood, softwood, walnut, glass panels painted on reverse in opaque and transparent pigments, ormolu and wrought iron mountings. With three rows of two drawers inset with reverse glass paintings showing Mediterranean harbour cities, including Naples, in ripple moulded surrounds. Associated table, the back stretcher broken. Minor losses to the locks, one pane on the lower right cracked. H 74.5, W 120, D 36.5 cm. On an associated stand with three drawers and six barleytwist column supports, H 84, W 122, D 54 cm. Total height 158.5 cm.

Literature

Cf. Colle, Il mobile barocco in Italia. Arredi e decorazioni d’interni dal 1600 al 1738, Milan 2000, cat. no. 14, this piece - additionally veneered in tortoiseshell - from the Palazzo Pitti is decorated with mythological scenes from the workshop of Luca Giordano.
Cf. ibid. cat. no. 90, for a Lombard example with painted marble inlays and similar design.
Cf. Victoria & Albert Museum London, acc. no. 293:1 to:17-1870.
Cf. a similar piece with reverse glass paintings of Southern Italian landscapes sold in Lempertz Cologne auction 1152, May 2020, lot 989.