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Cómoda

ca. 1775–79 with later alterations
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 539
Estampillada dos veces en la parte posterior con la marca del palacio de Versalles, esta commode à vantaux (cómoda con dos puertas y cajones o repisas interiores) aparece en un inventario de 1792 de los apartamentos privados de Luis XVI. Roentgen, el principal ebanista de la Europa del siglo XVIII, tenía una clientela internacional—que incluía a muchos príncipes alemanes, María Antonieta y Catalina la Grande—y creó muebles de diseño innovador con dispositivos mecánicos ingeniosos. Las tres escenas de marquetería en el frente de esta cómoda representan escenarios teatrales; personajes de la commedia dell’arte italiana ocupan la escena central.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Cómoda
  • Artista: David Roentgen, alemán, 1743–1807, maestro 1780
  • Fecha: ca. 1775–1779
  • Material: Cedro, pino, tilo, cerezo, chapado con tulípero, boj, amaranto, sicómoro, peral, arce; forros de cajones en caoba, molduras de bronce dorado; mecanismos de acero y latón; tablero de mármol brocatel rojo catalán no original
  • Dimensiones: 9,5 x 135,9 x 69,2 cm
  • Crédito: Colección Jack y Belle Linsky, 1982
  • Número de inventario: 1982.60.81
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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