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Abraham Roentgen's Writing Desk

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Discover the secret compartments of this writing table and see how it can be transformed into a private altar.

Perhaps the most exquisite and technically refined piece from German cabinetmaker Abraham Roentgen (1711–1793), this desk was made for his premier patron, the Catholic official Johann Philipp von Walderdorff. Its interior holds a multitude of drawers, panels, and compartments, in addition to sophisticated mechanical fittings that safeguard the elector’s privacy.

This writing table from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, is featured in the exhibition Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens (on view October 30, 2012–January 27, 2013). Learn more about the table: http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/BK-16676/bureau-op-s-vormige-poten-versierd-met-marqueterie.

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Three dancing nymphs and a reclining cupid in a landscape

Attributed to Antonio Zucchi  (Italian, Venice 1726–1796 Rome)

Date:
ca. 1772
Culture:
British
Medium:
Oil on paper attached to a plaster ceiling roundel
Dimensions:
Diam. (without plaster frame) 41-3/4 in. (106 cm) Diam. (with plaster frame) 54 in. (137. 2 cm) Depth 6-1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Classification:
Paintings
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1982
Accession Number:
1982.315

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