Cassone, 1461–65
Marco del Buono Giamberti (Italian, Florentine, 1402–1489); Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso (Italian, Florentine, 1414/17–1465)
Italian (Florence)
Painted and gilded gesso on poplar, set with a wooden panel painted in tempera and gold; 39 1/2 x 77 x 32 7/8 in. (100.3 x 195.6 x 83.5 cm)
John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913 (14.39)
Technical Glossary
Marco del Buono Giamberti (Italian, Florentine, 1402–1489); Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso (Italian, Florentine, 1414/17–1465)
Italian (Florence)
Painted and gilded gesso on poplar, set with a wooden panel painted in tempera and gold; 39 1/2 x 77 x 32 7/8 in. (100.3 x 195.6 x 83.5 cm)
John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913 (14.39)
The front panel of this cassone represents the conquest of Trebizond, on the Black Sea, by the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Mehmed II on August 14, 1461. This event resulted in the ouster of the Venetians from Constantinople and the gift of their property to the Florentines. The side panels of the cassone are decorated with the crest of the Florentine Strozzi family.
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Related Index Terms
Artist
- • Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso (Italian, Florentine, 1414/17–1465)
- • Marco del Buono Giamberti (Italian, Florentine, 1402–1489)
Geography/Place
Material and Technique
- • Painting, Tempera on Wood
- • Vessel, Box
- • Vessel, Box, Europe
- • Wood, Furniture
- • Wood, Furniture, Europe
- • Wood, Furniture, Europe, Italian Peninsula
- • Wood, organized by technique
- • Wood, organized by technique, Gessoed
- • Wood, organized by technique, Gilded
- • Wood, organized by technique, Painted
- • Wood, organized by technique, Panelled
- • Wood, organized by type
- • Wood, organized by type, Poplar
