Italian Renaissance Walnut Cassone 16th Century The hinged rectangular top opening to a well, the front carved with foliate scrolls centering a cartouche with arms, possibly those of the Miniscalchi family, of a burning bramble surrounded by three bands of ivy, supported by female figures, the flanking stiles with putti heads, raised on paw feet. Height 23 1/2 inches (50.9 cm), width 70 inches (1.77 m), depth 25 inches, (60.3m). Provenance: Adolf Steinharter (1853-1918), Antique dealer, 25 Residenzstrasse, Munich Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 1956 Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 2, 1957, By descent to the present owner Possibly originally from Bergamo, Lombardy, the Miniscalchi family moved in the late 14th century to Verona, a city in northern Italy's Veneto region, and by 1425 was part of the 'Noble Council' of Verona. The Palazzo Miniscalchi, a late Gothic palace on the via San Mammaso, the design attributed to Angelo di Giavonni, now houses the Fondazione Museo Miniscalchi-Erizzo, inauguarated in 1990. C
Italian Renaissance Walnut Cassone 16th Century The hinged rectangular top opening to a well, the front carved with foliate scrolls centering a cartouche with arms, possibly those of the Miniscalchi family, of a burning bramble surrounded by three bands of ivy, supported by female figures, the flanking stiles with putti heads, raised on paw feet. Height 23 1/2 inches (50.9 cm), width 70 inches (1.77 m), depth 25 inches, (60.3m). Provenance: Adolf Steinharter (1853-1918), Antique dealer, 25 Residenzstrasse, Munich Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 1956 Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 2, 1957, By descent to the present owner Possibly originally from Bergamo, Lombardy, the Miniscalchi family moved in the late 14th century to Verona, a city in northern Italy's Veneto region, and by 1425 was part of the 'Noble Council' of Verona. The Palazzo Miniscalchi, a late Gothic palace on the via San Mammaso, the design attributed to Angelo di Giavonni, now houses the Fondazione Museo Miniscalchi-Erizzo, inauguarated in 1990. C
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