Ebony Cabinet with Thirteen Paintings of Classical Subjects
ArtistAttributed to
Simon Floquet
Flemish, circa 1615 (?)–after 1635
Datecirca 1630–1635
MediumCabinet: wood with ebony veneer and mirror glass; paintings: oil on copper
DimensionsCabinet (not including stand) 28 1/2 x 33 x 16 1/4 in. (72.4 x 83.8 x 41.3 cm)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the bequest of W. R. Valentiner, Dr. Hans S. Schaeffer and Julius Böhler in memory of W. R. Valentiner, Mr. and Mrs. Doak Finch, and Robert Badenhop, by exchange
Object number99.3
On View
On viewProvenanceCreated Flanders [present day Belgium], ca. 1630–1635. Ernst Freiherr Blümner von Frohburg (1779–1815), Schloss Frohburg, near Leipzig, Germany; Krug von Nidda Collection, Germany; by descent; [Sotheby’s, London, July 9, 1998, no. 1, as Flemish School, 17th century]; [Otto Naumann, Ltd., New York]; sold to NCMA, 1999.
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Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert
originally designed 1930, fabricated 1975
Simon de la Vallée
