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Box

ca. 1651–61
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 532
This carved casket, which may have held documents, bears
the arms and the cipher of Henri, marquis de Senneterre (1600–1681), made marshal of France in 1651 by Louis XIV. The casket may have been commissioned by Senneterre to celebrate this appointment. High-relief personifications of Victory support the cartouche with the coat of arms on the lid. Representations of the four elements appear on the front and back; Earth with a cornucopia and Water in the form of a river god with a ship’s rudder flank the marshal’s cipher in front.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Box
  • Date: ca. 1651–61
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Walnut, ebony
  • Dimensions: Overall: 5 1/2 × 20 1/4 × 15 1/2 in. (14 × 51.4 × 39.4 cm)
  • Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1928
  • Object Number: 28.157
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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