Miniature collector's cabinet
Bernard Salomon · French
Date: ca. 1600
Medium: Dyed and gold-tooled leather on secondary woods pine, poplar, pear, yew; veneers of ivory, mother-of-pearl, pear, plum, ebony, rosewood, holly, ash, green stained poplar; gilded metal; reverse-painted glass
Dimensions: Overall (closed, confirmed): 6 1/8 × 7 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (15.6 × 18.7 × 14 cm); Overall (open, confirmed): 6 1/8 × 7 3/8 × 11 in. (15.6 × 18.7 × 27.9 cm)
Classification: Natural Substances-Leatherwork
Culture: German, possibly Nuremberg
Themes: Musical Instruments, Orpheus, Pluto
Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1948
Date range
1595 – 1605
Largest dimension
27.9 cm
Advertisement
Related works in this department
Sprite
Donatello
1432
Madonna and Child with Angels
Antonio Rossellino
ca. 1455–60
Processional cross
Unknown artist
ca. 1460–80
Madonna and Child (The Lehman Madonna)
Andrea della Robbia
ca. 1470–75
Goblet
Unknown artist
ca. 1475–1500 (modern foot)
Studiolo from the Ducal Palace in Gubbio
Giuliano da Maiano|Francesco di Giorgio Martini|Francesco di Giorgio Martini|Benedetto da Maiano
ca. 1478–82
More by this artist
Embroidered panel with Grotesque decoration
1560–70
Sacrifice of Noah
ca. 1580–1610
Valance with The Story of Moses
ca. 1600
Valance with The Story of Moses
ca. 1600
Valance with The Story of Moses
ca. 1600
Contemporary works
The Coronation of the Virgin
Annibale Carracci
after 1595
Flintlock Gun of Louis XIII (1601–1643), King of France
Pierre Le Bourgeois|Marin Le Bourgeois
ca. 1620
Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609)
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)
ca. 1600
The Raising of Lazarus
Jacques Bellange
ca. 1606–8
A Mill with a Fortified Bridge, a Rowing Boat in the Foreground
Roelandt Savery
1596–1639
The Musicians
Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)
1597
Claviorganum
Lorenz Hauslaib|Steffan Cuntz
1598
Shrine
Matthias Walbaum|Anton Mozart
1598–1600
More from this culture
Made in this material
Made in this country
Data source · View on metmuseum.org