Splendid 16th-century chest in fragrant Lebanese cedar, typical of the upper Veneto and Friuli area. The richly decorated front is divided into three carved and pyrographically decorated panels with landscapes, genre scenes, and family commemorations, each framed by ebonized guilloché borders. Each panel is divided by 4 figures, probably personifications of the 4 continents placed within rich trompe l'oeil apsidal tabernacles, all surmounted by games of winged putti and candelabras.
The same motifs are repeated on the top, which has two large allegorical panels, while the central part is finely decorated pyrographically with apotropaic masks, family crests (to be studied), grotesque decorations, plant spirals and phytoform elements.
In addition, this piece of furniture preserves a rich decoration under the top with a representation of two swordsmen facing each other with an elegant circular decoration with heraldic elements in the center. The sides are decorated in the same way, probably with profane scenes, as they are equipped with antique wrought iron handles with representations of Memento Mori.
The measurements of this chest are cm 57 x 52 x 155.
Similar examples of this rare Renaissance artifact are kept in important public collections such as the Civic Collections of Applied Art at the Sforza Castle in Milan or the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
We attach a certificate of authenticity to the sale.
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