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644 - A cabinet with marquetry and riveted leather covering
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A cabinet with marquetry and riveted leather covering Riveted and embossed leather, etched, engraved and blackened brass, fruitwoods; dyed and ebonised wood on softwood, wrought iron. Covered in leather on five exterior sides with ornamental riveting, with side carrying handles. Drop-front with concealed lock and two iron bolts; the inside richly inlaid with ornament, carnations, tulips and violets around a brass plaque depicting "Hercules Abducts Iole" after Hans Sebald Beham. Inside, eight drawers with ten etched strapwork panels surrounding a central compartment. Cracks and minor losses to the leather; exterior lock fitting missing. Height 29, width 35.9, depth 27.2 cm. Nuremberg or Augsburg, late 16th C. The engravings of the Twelve Labours of Hercules by Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550) were published in Nuremberg after 1542. The print "EVRITY REGIS FILIAM IOLAM OCCISO PATRE ABDVXIT HERCVLES 15 HB 44", corresponding to the depiction on the drop-front, was published in 1544. Provenance From a private collection. Literature Cf. Schell Collection (ed.), Die Erzeugnisse von Conradt und Michel Man(n) und deren Werkstatt, Graz 2024, fig. 1, p. 95, a Nuremberg iron casket decorated with similar foliate strapwork.
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