Cabinet Decorated with an Allegory of Peace Surrounded by Mythological Subjects

anonymous, Victor Wolfvoet (II), c. 1645

Cabinet. Softwood, veneered with ebony, decorated with painted scenes after Peter Paul Rubens and his school. Antwerp, c. 1650.

  • Artwork typecabinet, collector's cabinet
  • Object numberBK-NM-11906-1
  • Dimensionsoverall: height 164.5 cm x width 113.5 cm x depth 51 cm, left panel lid: height 24.5 cm x width 19.5 cm, right panel lid: height 24.5 cm x width 19.6 cm, outer doors: height 47.2 cm x width 37.5 cm (left and right), drawers left: height 10.5 cm x width 28 cm, drawers right: height 10.5 cm x width 28 cm, central door: height 24.5 cm x width 15.4 cm, drawer bottom centre: height 8.5 cm x width 20 cm, bottom part: width 113.5 cm x depth 51 cm, total: weight 90 kg
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Cabinet Decorated with an Allegory of Peace Surrounded by Mythological Subjects

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-NM-11906-1

  • Description

    Kunstkast belijmd met ebbenhout op een lindehouten kern. De frontdeurtjes vertonen cornisversieringen en robbellijsten, waarbinnen ivoren biezen en spiegels van schildpad op een rode grond. De kap is kussenvormig. In het voetstuk een lade en schuifblad. Geopend vertoont de kast negen laden rondom een middenportiek, waarboven een galerij met koperen balustertjes. De binnenzijde der frontdeuren, de laden, de portiekdeur en het deksel zijn beschilderd met mythologische voorstellingen.

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Creation

  • Creation

    • furniture maker (person): anonymous, Antwerp
    • painter: Victor Wolfvoet (II)
    • painter: school of Peter Paul Rubens, Antwerp (possibly) [rejected attribution]

  • Dating

    c. 1645

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on panel

  • Dimensions

    • overall: height 164.5 cm x width 113.5 cm x depth 51 cm
    • left panel lid: height 24.5 cm x width 19.5 cm
    • right panel lid: height 24.5 cm x width 19.6 cm
    • outer doors: height 47.2 cm x width 37.5 cm (left and right)
    • drawers left: height 10.5 cm x width 28 cm
    • drawers right: height 10.5 cm x width 28 cm
    • central door: height 24.5 cm x width 15.4 cm
    • drawer bottom centre: height 8.5 cm x width 20 cm
    • bottom part: width 113.5 cm x depth 51 cm
    • total: weight 90 kg

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    M.E. van den Brink Bequest, Velp

  • Acquisition

    bequest 1906

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Maria Elizabeth van den Brink (1824-1905), Velp; by whom bequeathed to the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst (inv. 11906), 1906; transferred to the museum, 1927

Documentation

    • Documentatiemap: restauratierapport 1978.
    • Gregory Martin, Two Antwerp cabinets decorated by Victor Wolfoet II, uit: The Burlington magazine, 158, 2016, 1363, pagina 793-802 - afb. 28, 32, 33

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  • Cabinet Decorated with an Allegory of Peace Surrounded by Mythological Subjects
  • Cabinet Decorated with an Allegory of Peace Surrounded by Mythological Subjects
  • Cabinet Decorated with an Allegory of Peace Surrounded by Mythological Subjects
  • Cabinet Decorated with an Allegory of Peace Surrounded by Mythological Subjects
  • Cabinet Decorated with an Allegory of Peace Surrounded by Mythological Subjects
  • Cabinet Decorated with an Allegory of Peace Surrounded by Mythological Subjects