Mirrored cabinet
Dirk Froger (attributed)
Details
- Palette
-
Select a color to find related artworks.
- Dimensions
- height 233.8 cm x width 175.5 cm x depth 63.5 cm
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum
- Image provider
- rijksmuseum
- License
- Public Domain
- Credit
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Art Genome Taxonomy
11 tags
Subject Matter
-
Flora Visual · 94%
The painted door panels and carved ornament visibly include abundant leaves, flowering or aquatic plants, and foliage motifs.
-
Animals Visual · 91%
Multiple birds are visible in the painted upper panels, including long-legged birds among aquatic vegetation and a bird depicted in the crest area.
Styles and Movements
-
Rococo Art and Design Interpretive · 84%
The elaborate curving silhouette, cabriole-like feet, foliate carving, figured veneer, and ornamental density are consistent with Rococo furniture and design of the mid-eighteenth century.
Visual Qualities
-
Symmetrical Visual · 95%
The cabinet is arranged around a central vertical axis, with paired upper doors, repeated drawer pulls, balanced side supports, and correspondingly placed feet.
-
Highly Ornamented Visual · 97%
The cabinet is densely decorated with carved foliage and scrollwork, shaped moldings, figured veneer, painted panels, and elaborate mounts.
-
Curvilinear Forms Visual · 95%
The broken crest, undulating door surrounds, shaped side supports, drawer fronts, base, and feet are dominated by flowing curved profiles.
Materials
-
Wood Metadata · 99%
The catalog medium specifies oak veneered with burl walnut and rosewood.
-
Glass as Material Metadata · 97%
Painted mirror glass is explicitly listed in the catalog medium; the image shows pale reflective inset panels with painted decoration.
-
Silver Metadata · 95%
Silver is explicitly listed in the catalog medium. The image shows bright silvery-colored mounts and drawer pulls, although their appearance alone would not establish their composition.
Furniture and Lighting
-
Furniture Both · 99%
The Rijksmuseum classifies the object as case furniture, furniture, and cabinet; the image shows a large freestanding cabinet with upper doors, drawers, sides, and feet.
-
Mirror Both · 99%
The title is Mirrored cabinet, the catalog specifies painted mirror glass, and two large reflective panels are visibly integrated into the upper doors.
Source & rights
attributed to Dirk Froger. Mirrored cabinet. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.