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拍品專文
This type of cabinets featured in the bedroom and state appartments of the 17th Century and formed part of the art sought by the 17th and 18th Century Grand Tourist. This cabinet is an example of the late 17th Century Naepolitan tradition of decorating ebonised cabinets with reverse-glass painted panels.
Traditionally it was thought that the painter Luca Giordano (1632-1705) provided the artistic base for the panels. This so called Giordanesque-style is seen on various examples of cabinets but no cabinet of this design has panels securely attributed to Giordano. An 18th Century source, Bernardo de Dominici, wrote in his Vite de' Pittori, Scultori ed Architetti Napoletani (Napels 1742-1745) of the similarity in style of the painted glass panels to the work of Giordano, however, Dominici also mentions that several of Giordano's pupils painted on glass, including a painter named Domenico Coscia, who actually specialised in painting scenes on glass for furniture.
On the other hand it is suggested that the panels for this type of cabinet were painted in Florence and then attached to the cabinets in Naples, as was the case with pietra-dure panels made in Florence for use on cabinets made elsewhere. This last suggestion corresponds well with the present cabinet, which is decorated with figural scenes in the style of the Italian mannerist painters Jacopo Pontormo (1494-1557) and Rosso Fiorentino (Giovan Battista di Jacopo 1494-1540).
See also: Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios Il Tempio del Gusto, Vol. I, Milan 1984, p. 283.
Related Italian cabinets with reverse-glass painted panels were previously sold:
Christie's King Street, Fine European Furniture, sale 7086, 10 November 2005, lot 164
Christie's King Street, Important European Furniture, sale 6477, 5 July 2001, lot 46
Christie's House sale, Mallorca, Castillo de Bendinat, sale 6160, 24-25 May 1999, lot 236.
Traditionally it was thought that the painter Luca Giordano (1632-1705) provided the artistic base for the panels. This so called Giordanesque-style is seen on various examples of cabinets but no cabinet of this design has panels securely attributed to Giordano. An 18th Century source, Bernardo de Dominici, wrote in his Vite de' Pittori, Scultori ed Architetti Napoletani (Napels 1742-1745) of the similarity in style of the painted glass panels to the work of Giordano, however, Dominici also mentions that several of Giordano's pupils painted on glass, including a painter named Domenico Coscia, who actually specialised in painting scenes on glass for furniture.
On the other hand it is suggested that the panels for this type of cabinet were painted in Florence and then attached to the cabinets in Naples, as was the case with pietra-dure panels made in Florence for use on cabinets made elsewhere. This last suggestion corresponds well with the present cabinet, which is decorated with figural scenes in the style of the Italian mannerist painters Jacopo Pontormo (1494-1557) and Rosso Fiorentino (Giovan Battista di Jacopo 1494-1540).
See also: Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios Il Tempio del Gusto, Vol. I, Milan 1984, p. 283.
Related Italian cabinets with reverse-glass painted panels were previously sold:
Christie's King Street, Fine European Furniture, sale 7086, 10 November 2005, lot 164
Christie's King Street, Important European Furniture, sale 6477, 5 July 2001, lot 46
Christie's House sale, Mallorca, Castillo de Bendinat, sale 6160, 24-25 May 1999, lot 236.