Cabinet

Cabinet

anonymous

Details

Medium
oil on marble
Dimensions
fronton: height 18.8 cm x width 10.8 cm
Origin
Antwerp
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum
Image provider
rijksmuseum
License
Public Domain
Credit
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Art Genome Taxonomy

10 tags

Styles and Movements

  • Baroque Interpretive · 76%

    The date and Antwerp origin coincide with a visual language of architectural hierarchy, theatrical ornament, sculptural supports, balustrades, and gilded figural decoration characteristic of Baroque design.

Visual Qualities

  • Symmetrical Visual · 99%

    The façade is organized around a central vertical axis, with balanced drawers, painted panels, balustrades, supports, and standing figures on both sides.

  • Highly Ornamented Visual · 99%

    The visible surfaces are extensively embellished with painted scenes, patterned borders, ornamental moldings, balusters, finials, figures, and scrollwork.

  • Dense Composition Visual · 96%

    Many drawers, inset panels, architectural tiers, sculptural supports, moldings, and small decorative elements are tightly packed into the front elevation.

Medium and Techniques

  • Oil Painting Metadata · 92%

    The catalog explicitly records oil as part of the medium: oil on marble.

Time Periods

  • 17th Century Art Metadata · 98%

    The catalog dates the cabinet to approximately 1670–1690.

Geographic Regions

  • Belgian Art Metadata · 86%

    The catalog gives Antwerp as the place of origin; Antwerp is in present-day Belgium.

Materials

  • Marble Metadata · 95%

    The catalog identifies the medium as oil on marble, indicating marble supports or panels for the painted elements.

Furniture and Lighting

  • Furniture Metadata · 99%

    The catalog classifies the object as furniture, case furniture, and a collector's cabinet.

  • Storage Metadata · 90%

    As a case-furniture collector's cabinet, the object is designed to contain and organize stored objects, although its interior contents are not visible.

Source & rights

anonymous. Cabinet. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.