Cassone

Artist Unknown

Date1450-1500

Place of OriginTuscany, Italy

MediumHardwood, gesso, gilding, paint

DimensionsOverall: 20 x 62 1/4 x 20 1/2 in. (50.8 x 158.1 x 52.1 cm)

ClassificationsFurniture

Credit LineBequest of Charlotte Pruyn Hyde

Object number1971.209

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MarkingsRemnants of paper letter with Italian inked calligraphy on underside of top.

DescriptionRectangular with hinged top. The case is relief-decorated at the front with four quatrefoils enclosing seated allegorical figures of the four virtues each holding an attribute within a vinework surround. Six hexafoil blue-ground armorials, the relief decoration on the sides in rondels, foliate-carved trestle supports/feet. The allegorical figures are the four cardinal virtues: left to right are Prudence, Justice, Temperance, and Fortitude.Exhibition History"Family Pride: The Italian Renaissance House and its Furnishings", The Hyde Collection, April 12 - May 20, 1984.

"Growing Up in a Renaissance Palazzo: Childhood in Italy 1400-1600," Charles R. Wood Gallery, The Hyde Collection, Oct. 5, 2024-Jan. 5, 2025.ProvenanceCollection of Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Hyde, Glens Falls, NY; by bequest to The Hyde Collection, 1952.