Pyrographed Chest Wood Iron Italy XVI Century

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Pyrographed Chest Wood Iron Italy XVI Century

About the Item

The front and the lid are pyrographed and cut out of a lowered and engraved bottom. The lid is fixed to the body by steel iron hinges and worked with an elaborate floral motif, they have been relocated, so as to mount the lid in reverse, placing the machined face on the outside. The lid has a dense horror vacui grotesque decoration, characterized by a perimeter band decorated with phytomorphic spirals and leaf motifs, also repeated in the innermost band, together with real animals such as lions and mythological ones, such as mermaids. In the central perimeter band, grotesque motifs are always depicted, with cherubs intent on playing musical instruments, while two of them hold up an empty field coat of arms. Also on the lid there are two reserves delimited by carved frames, depicting two allegories made in champlevé. One depicts the \"ASTRONOMY\", as specified by the cartouche above, depicted as a draped winged figure holding a wand, facing the starry sky. In front of her is a celestial globe surmounted by an eagle, while behind her there are ancient ruins and a hilly landscape with houses. The other reserve depicts the \"GEOMETRY\", a turreted woman holding a compass and a perpendicular in her hands, with which she is intent on taking measurements on a terrestrial globe, where there are two vessels, and around which she is standing enveloping a snake. It is represented inside a room bordered by a portico and furnished with chests, on which there are other scientific instruments. Beyond the loggia there is a landscape similar to that presented in the reserve previously described. The front is entirely made with the lowered and engraved bottom technique, marked by four vertical bands in which there are warriors in Renaissance clothes. Among these there are three reserves, in the central one are represented Judith and Holofernes (\"IVUDIT\" and \"OLOFERNI\"), inside the tent of the Assyrian general, the Jewish heroine holding the severed head of the enemy, in the background the besieged city of Betulia. In the two sides there are instead scenes of fighting between knights, in the background the same city of the reserve in the center, therefore plausibly always referable to the siege of the Jewish city. The upper band maintains the tripartition: on the sides there are two putti placed on the sides of an ungulate, while in the central section two lions facing each other and placed on the sides of a coat of arms that houses the mouth. Traces of the ancient pyrographed decoration can also be found on the inside of the lid (originally placed on the outside) and on the sides; on the latter we can see a band adorned with phytomorphic spirals and two dragons. The stop is also decorated with burin geometric motifs, as is the band that runs along the entire internal perimeter.

Dimensions:
Height: 21.66 in (55 cm)Width: 65.56 in (166.5 cm)Depth: 21.46 in (54.5 cm)
Style:
Other (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Wood
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
16th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1500s
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Milano, IT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU1721227153052