Cabinet

Cabinet

anonymous

Details

Dimensions
width 101 cm x depth 48 cm
Origin
Antwerp
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum
Image provider
rijksmuseum
License
Public Domain
Credit
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Art Genome Taxonomy

10 tags

Visual Qualities

  • Symmetrical Visual · 99%

    The frontal elevation is organized around bilateral symmetry, with balanced compartments, paired central doors, regularly spaced supports, and repeated feet.

  • Patterns Visual · 97%

    Recurring irregular red-brown surface markings cover the cabinet panels, stand, rails, and supports, creating a repeated decorative pattern.

  • Highly Ornamented Visual · 94%

    The object has extensive patterned surface treatment, numerous framed compartments, layered moldings, contrasting fittings, and an elaborate architectural stand.

  • Dark Colors Visual · 93%

    The dominant palette is deep red, russet, brown, and near-black, with limited pale accents at the fittings and panel lines.

Time Periods

  • 17th Century Art Metadata · 99%

    The catalog dates the cabinet to circa 1655–1660.

Geographic Regions

  • Belgian Art Metadata · 84%

    The catalog identifies Antwerp as the place of origin, supporting the supplied geographic category for Belgian art.

Materials

  • Wood Both · 98%

    Softwood and oak are specified in the catalog, and wood is visibly used throughout the case, stand, supports, rails, and feet.

  • Bone Metadata · 93%

    Bone is explicitly listed in the catalog medium, although its exact visible placement cannot be determined from the image.

  • Silver Both · 91%

    The catalog specifies silver fittings, and the image shows repeated pale metal-colored keyhole escutcheons and fittings on the cabinet front.

Furniture and Lighting

  • Furniture Both · 99%

    The Rijksmuseum classifies the object as furniture, collector’s cabinet, and case furniture; the image clearly shows a freestanding cabinet mounted on a supporting stand.

Source & rights

anonymous. Cabinet. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.