Chest, ca. 1475–1500

Arolla pine, spruce, carving, encausting on gold

(H x W x D)86 x 135 x 70 cm

Place of originTirol

Status

not on display

About the workIn the Middle Ages, there were only a few types of furniture. Among the most important were chests, which were used to store linen, clothing or crockery. This simply designed chest was probably part of the furnishings of a monastery or the sacristy of a church. This is indicated by the sibyls depicted in the pointed arches. These prophetesses from Greek mythology were regarded in medieval Christianity as heralds of the Second Coming of Christ.

AccessionAcquisition 1889

Provenance[...]; bis 14.3.1889 Dr. Franz Johann Joseph Bock, Kanonikus, Geistlicher und Kunsthistoriker (Aachen-Burtscheid 1823-1899 Aachen); 14.3.1889 - 1927 ehem. Kunstgewerbemuseum Düsseldorf (1883-1927) angekauft von Bock; 1927 übernommen aus dem Kunstgewerbemuseum

Inventory numberP 13806

Contact

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