School of Antwerp, circa 1630/40

An ebony cabinet, with rectangular lifting top and concave frieze, above two panelled cupboard doors, enclosing a fitted interior of ten short drawers and one cupboard door enclosing a mirrored interior, with fifteen painted panels depicting scenes from t

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School of Antwerp, circa 1630/40
An ebony cabinet, with rectangular lifting top and concave frieze, above two panelled cupboard doors, enclosing a fitted interior of ten short drawers and one cupboard door enclosing a mirrored interior, with fifteen painted panels depicting scenes from the Life of Christ, above a long drawer, on a plinth base, the cabinet 17th century, the ebonised stand with spiral twisted legs probably 19th century
The lid: Saint Peter and Saint John the Baptist
The left door: The Baptism of Christ
The right door: Christ with the Pharisees
The centre door: The Revelation of Christ to his Parents
From left to right and from top to bottom: Christ Healing the Woman with the Issue of Blood; Christ and the Woman of Samaria; Christ as the Good Shepherd, Christ on His Way to Emmaus, Noli me Tangere, the Calling of Saint Peter, Christ healing the Blind Man, the Good Samaritan, the Flight into Egypt, the Temptation of Christ
height 55.2 cm
width 56.7 cm
depth 31.2 cm
stand height 70.2 cm

Lot Essay

As pointed out by R. Fabri, "De 17de-eeuwse Antwerpse Kunstkast: Kunsthistorische Aspecten" in Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, 1993, Biblical motives occur frequently on the drawers of Antwerp cabinets, mostly from the Old Testament.
See also the note to the previous lot.

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