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A 17th century ebony and ebonised Flemish cabinet with a series of drawers and cupboards all with mythological landscape scenes
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Circle of Frans Francken II (Antwerp 1581-1642)
A 17th century ebony and ebonised Flemish cabinet with a series of drawers and cupboards all with mythological landscape scenes
The rectangular top above two panelled doors enclosing eight short drawers depicting The Death of Orpheus, Venus and Adonis, Apollo and Coronis, Neptune and Caenis, Atalanta and Hippomenes, Procris and Cephalus, Persephone, and The Triumph of Bacchus, around a central panelled door depicting Pandora, enclosing a perspective interior with mirrors reflecting images of a Portrait of a Gentleman and a Portrait of a Lady and a bone and ebony chequerboard floor, with a further drawer above modelled as a balustrade, and a drawer below depicting Perseus slaying the dragon, the sides with carrying handles, on a stand with barley-twist legs and cross-stretchers
oil on copper
52½ in. (133.5 cm.) high; 33¼ in. (84.5 cm.) wide; 14 7/8 in. (38 cm.) deep
A 17th century ebony and ebonised Flemish cabinet with a series of drawers and cupboards all with mythological landscape scenes
The rectangular top above two panelled doors enclosing eight short drawers depicting The Death of Orpheus, Venus and Adonis, Apollo and Coronis, Neptune and Caenis, Atalanta and Hippomenes, Procris and Cephalus, Persephone, and The Triumph of Bacchus, around a central panelled door depicting Pandora, enclosing a perspective interior with mirrors reflecting images of a Portrait of a Gentleman and a Portrait of a Lady and a bone and ebony chequerboard floor, with a further drawer above modelled as a balustrade, and a drawer below depicting Perseus slaying the dragon, the sides with carrying handles, on a stand with barley-twist legs and cross-stretchers
oil on copper
52½ in. (133.5 cm.) high; 33¼ in. (84.5 cm.) wide; 14 7/8 in. (38 cm.) deep
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