Cupboard
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- height 249 cm x width 266.5 cm x depth 103 cm
- Origin
- Netherlands
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum
- Image provider
- rijksmuseum
- License
- Public Domain
- Credit
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Art Genome Taxonomy
12 tags
Styles and Movements
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Baroque Interpretive · 76%
The monumental scale, architectural organization, twisted columns, layered cornice, and exuberant carved ornament support a cautious association with Baroque visual language.
Visual Qualities
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 99%
The facade is densely ornamented with carved foliage, scrollwork, fluting, molded frames, capitals, and layered architectural moldings.
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Symmetrical Visual · 97%
The cupboard is organized through a strongly balanced left-right arrangement of doors, columns, panels, and supports.
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Columns and Totems Visual · 94%
Four prominent twisted columns structure the front, accompanied by turned and bulbous supports at the base.
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Curvilinear Forms Visual · 91%
Twisted columns, scrollwork, foliage, rounded feet, and carved vegetal forms introduce repeated curved contours within the rectilinear cabinet structure.
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Shiny/Glossy Visual · 94%
The dark wood surface has pronounced highlights along polished moldings and rounded elements, indicating a glossy finish.
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Dark Colors Visual · 95%
The object is predominantly black-brown in appearance, with tonal variation visible across polished and recessed surfaces.
Medium and Techniques
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Carving Visual · 94%
Deeply modeled carved ornament is visible in the friezes, door panels, capitals, corner blocks, and lower compartments.
Time Periods
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17th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog date of approximately 1650–1675 places the work in the seventeenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Dutch Art Metadata · 98%
The catalog gives the place of origin as the Netherlands.
Materials
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Wood Metadata · 99%
The catalog specifies oak and ebony, veneered with ebony, amaranth, and rosewood.
Furniture and Lighting
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Furniture Metadata · 99%
The Rijksmuseum classifies the object as a kussenkast, case furniture, and furniture; the image clearly shows a large freestanding cupboard.
Source & rights
anonymous. Cupboard. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.