id:			118066
accession number:	1939.189
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.189
updated:		2023-03-22 14:07:56.872000

Cassone, early 1500s. Italy, early 16th century. Walnut, painted and gilded; overall: 54.3 x 168.3 x 51.6 cm (21 3/8 x 66 1/4 x 20 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection 1939.189

title:				Cassone
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creation date:			early 1500s
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1525
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creditline:			Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection
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culture:	Italy, early 16th century
technique:	walnut, painted and gilded
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Furniture
type:		Furniture and woodwork
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measurements: Overall: 54.3 x 168.3 x 51.6 cm (21 3/8 x 66 1/4 x 20 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage
	opening date:   1971-07-13T04:00:00
	<i>Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Castle of Verzuola, Piedmont, Italy; Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
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wall description:
Chests such as this were made in pairs and presented to young women on the occasion of their marriage.  They not only provided storage space in the home for clothing and personal effects, but could also be used as a bench to sit on.  It was not uncommon for any one room in a Renaissance palace to have several.  This chest was since the 16th century and until 1922 in Savoy Castle, near Verzuolo, in the Piedmont region of northern Italy.
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