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Reverse cassetta frame

ca. 1630
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 953
The fillets and shadows of the carved and punched ornament on this exceptionally fine Louis XIII frame are glazed with dragon's blood (a dark red vegetable glaze), suggesting a Spanish influence. This may have been done integrate the frame with the interior in which it was placed, as the color, just as in Venice at the end of the sixteenth century pierced frames were backed by silver glazed with dragon's blood to complement deep red silk wall hangings. A comparable frame, also made in southern France in the early seventeenth century, is in a private collection in London. See also 1975.1.2229.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Reverse cassetta frame
  • Date: ca. 1630
  • Culture: Southern French
  • Medium: Oak. Carved, gilt; brown-red bole, dragon's blood.
  • Dimensions: Overall: 10 5/8 × 12 3/8 in. (27 × 31.5 cm)
    Sight: 5 11/16 × 7 3/8 in. (14.5 × 18.7 cm)
    Rabbet: 6 5/16 × 8 1/8 in. (16 × 20.6 cm)
  • Classification: Frames
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.2349
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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