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Casket with pitched lid (coffret) (Back)

Casket with pitched lid (coffret) (Back)
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Lid, front

Lid, left

Bottom

Front

End, right

Lid, right

End, left

Lid, back

Subject
Secular.

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Madrid, Museo Lázaro Galdiano

Inv. 3377

Bone;wood;metal (fittings)

Height: 170mm
Width: 245mm
Depth: 128mm

Lid, front
Betrothal; ruler (?) and couple with courtiers and servants.
Lid, right
Male musician playing the lute.
Lid, back
Crowned couple playing chess; tent.
Lid, left
Seated lady with dog.
Body, front
Lady presenting helms to kneeling knight.
End, right
Seated lady playing a musical instrument; female servant with a dog.
Body, back
Hunting scene; dogs.
End, left
Hunting scene.

Falke 1928: Italy, 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: 19th century or early 20th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
With engravings on all sides.

Provenance
In the deposit of the Grünes Gewölbe, Dresden; handed to the Verein Wettin. On the art market by 1928. In the Museo Lázaro Galdiano by 1949.

Bibliography
Mitteilungen des Museen-Verbandes als Manuskript für die Mitglieder gedruckt und ausgegeben am 15. Juni 1928, pp. 16-17, no. 590, with ills (Falke).
E. Camps Cazorla, Inventario del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (1949-1950, unpublished).


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