id:			122300
accession number:	1942.607
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.607
updated:		2022-01-04 15:26:54.829000

Marriage Chest (Cassone), mid 1500s. Italy, Venice, mid 16th century. Walnut; overall: 68.6 x 168.9 x 57.2 cm (27 x 66 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.607

title:				Marriage Chest (Cassone)
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creation date:			mid 1500s
creation date earliest:		1525
creation date latest:		1575
current location:		117A Italian Renaissance
creditline:			Bequest of John L. Severance
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culture:	Italy, Venice, mid 16th century
technique:	walnut
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Furniture
type:		Furniture and woodwork
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measurements: Overall: 68.6 x 168.9 x 57.2 cm (27 x 66 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection
	opening date:   1942-11-12T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Fletcher.  John L. Severance.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	John Long Severance Art Collection Photographs: Furniture, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 69; Reproduced: p. 71
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceFurniture/page/n68/mode/1up

	<em>Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 35, cat. no. 43
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest/page/n39

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 99
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n123

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 99
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n123

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 115
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n135

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