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Cassetta frame

ca. 1520
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 952

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cassetta frame
  • Date: ca. 1520
  • Culture: Italian, Venice
  • Medium: Poplar back frame with walnut upper moldings.
  • Dimensions: Overall: 29 × 21 5/8 in. (73.6 × 54.9 cm)
    Sight: 22 1/2 × 15 1/16 in. (57.2 × 38.2 cm)
    Rabbet: 23 1/4 × 16 in. (59 × 40.6 cm)
  • Classification: Frames
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1804
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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