Kast, kussenkast met kapitelen met cherubs. Kussens met festoenen

Kast, kussenkast met kapitelen met cherubs. Kussens met festoenen

anonymous

Details

Dimensions
height 286 cm x width 234 cm x depth 60.5 cm
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum
Image provider
rijksmuseum
License
Public Domain
Credit
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Art Genome Taxonomy

10 tags

Styles and Movements

  • Baroque Interpretive · 76%

    The architectural massing, stepped cornice, turned columns, sculptural capitals, and dense ornamental carving are consistent with a Baroque visual vocabulary, although the catalog does not assign a formal style.

Visual Qualities

  • Symmetrical Visual · 99%

    The frontal cabinet is organized around a central axis, with paired doors, columns, drawers, supports, and decorative registers arranged in near mirror symmetry.

  • Highly Ornamented Visual · 98%

    Carved capitals, cherub figures, festoon-like ornament, foliage, patterned borders, layered moldings, and relief decoration cover much of the facade.

  • Columns and Totems Visual · 93%

    Tall turned columns divide and frame the cabinet front, while the three substantial rounded supports reinforce its vertical, architectural organization.

  • Geometric Visual · 90%

    The facade is built from repeated rectangular panels, horizontal moldings, and regular vertical divisions, producing a strongly geometric structure.

Medium and Techniques

  • Carving Visual · 91%

    Raised, modeled ornament is visibly concentrated in the capitals, upper central decoration, panel inserts, and other relief elements.

Time Periods

  • 17th Century Art Metadata · 99%

    The catalog date range of 1650–1700 places the object in the seventeenth century.

Geographic Regions

  • Dutch Art Metadata · 86%

    The catalog identifies the place of origin as the Northern Netherlands, supporting the Dutch art regional category.

Materials

  • Wood Visual · 90%

    Visible wood grain appears in the warmer brown panels and structural elements, while other surfaces are darkly finished or contrasting; the exact species is not established.

Furniture and Lighting

  • Furniture Both · 99%

    The Rijksmuseum classifies the object as furniture and kussenkast; the image clearly shows a large freestanding storage cabinet with doors, drawers, a cornice, and supporting feet.

Source & rights

anonymous. Kast, kussenkast met kapitelen met cherubs. Kussens met festoenen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.