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Cômoda

ca. 1775–79 with later alterations
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 539
Carimbada duas vezes na parte posterior com a marca do palácio de Versalhes, esta cômoda à vantaux (cômoda com duas portas e gavetas interiores) faz parte do inventário de 1792 dos apartamentos privados de Louis XVI. Roentgen, o marceneiro europeu mais importante do século XVIII—que serviu uma clientela internacional, incluindo vários príncipes alemães, Maria Antonieta e Catarina, a Grande—criou mobiliários inovadores com dispositivos mecânicos inteligentes. As três cenas de marquetaria na frente desta cômoda retratam cenários teatrais; personagens da commedia dell’arte italiana ocupam a cena central.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Cômoda
  • Artista: David Roentgen, alemão, 1743–1807, mestre 1780
  • Data: ca. 1775–1779
  • Meio: Cedro, pinho, tília, cerejeira, envernizada com jacarandá, buxo, amaranto, sicômoro, madeira de pereira, plátano, forro das gavetas em mogno, molduras de bronze dourado, mecanismo de aço e latão; topo da mesa de mármore brocado vermelho catalã original
  • Dimensões: 89,5 x 135,9 x 69,2 cm
  • Linha de créditos: Coleção de Jack e Belle Linsky, 1982
  • Número de acesso: 1982.60.81
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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