Cupboard

Cupboard

anonymous

Details

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

  • 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

  • Highly Ornamented Visual · 99%

    The facade is densely ornamented with carved foliage, scrollwork, fluting, molded frames, capitals, and layered architectural moldings.

  • Symmetrical Visual · 97%

    The cupboard is organized through a strongly balanced left-right arrangement of doors, columns, panels, and supports.

  • Columns and Totems Visual · 94%

    Four prominent twisted columns structure the front, accompanied by turned and bulbous supports at the base.

  • Curvilinear Forms Visual · 91%

    Twisted columns, scrollwork, foliage, rounded feet, and carved vegetal forms introduce repeated curved contours within the rectilinear cabinet structure.

  • Shiny/Glossy Visual · 94%

    The dark wood surface has pronounced highlights along polished moldings and rounded elements, indicating a glossy finish.

  • Dark Colors Visual · 95%

    The object is predominantly black-brown in appearance, with tonal variation visible across polished and recessed surfaces.

Medium and Techniques

  • Carving Visual · 94%

    Deeply modeled carved ornament is visible in the friezes, door panels, capitals, corner blocks, and lower compartments.

Time Periods

  • 17th Century Art Metadata · 99%

    The catalog date of approximately 1650–1675 places the work in the seventeenth century.

Geographic Regions

  • Dutch Art Metadata · 98%

    The catalog gives the place of origin as the Netherlands.

Materials

  • Wood Metadata · 99%

    The catalog specifies oak and ebony, veneered with ebony, amaranth, and rosewood.

Furniture and Lighting

  • 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.